homegirl

“Each song was a letter — to my homegirl, to my man, to my baby, to the world. I felt that with all my albums, like ‘Orquídeas,’ I was just having fun.

“I feel like she’s my homegirl, my sister. I love that about her.”

Mr. Carmichael also said he consulted “the homegirl Avery” about his doubts, saying that she “for the sake of this monologue, represents every Black person in America.”

Her newest Netflix special, “Mom Genes,” debuts on May 8 and homegirl is bringing her A game just in time for L.A.'s massive Netflix Is a Joke festival starting this week.

“Anyway, homegirl definitely threw me off. But even if she hadn't been there, I probably would’ve still played horribly because of all the other stuff on my mind, you know?”