Issa Rae and Solange host fundraiser for struggling black business owner

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On Friday, Issa Rae and Solange Knowles hosted an event to raise money to help a black businesswoman save her restaurant.

The event was meant to help Alisa Reynolds, and LA-based chef who created a GoFundMe page to raise $130,000 for a lawsuit that her eatery, My Two Cents, is facing.

“For the past two years, I have suffered in silence because of a legal battle. Honestly, I am facing the biggest obstacle of my professional life,” she wrote, saying that the lawsuit was from people who had backed her restaurant early on but who, according to her, “misunderstood the culinary process.”

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“If I do not raise $130,000 by August 15, 2017, I may no longer be able to continue working at 2 Cents LA,” she continued. “My absence will affect the other 17 beautiful people who work with me and pour their hearts and souls into the food that they prepare each day.”

In response, Rae and Solange organized a star-studded “Wind and Grind” fundraising event to “bring together community to support the imprint chef Alisa has cultivated through food, love, and fellowship,” according to news outlet Cassius Life.

All of the proceeds from the event went to Reynolds’ restaurant, though the full amount has not yet been disclosed.