With 'Young Love,' Matthew A. Cherry wanted to depict parents in their 20s who are still figuring out life
The first season of "Young Love" follows Angela Young and her family as they navigate life after the young mother's cancer is in remission.
For Angela (voiced by Issa Rae), this includes going back to work and having to convince her friends and family that she's not as fragile as they try to treat her. Her partner, Stephen Love (Scott Mescudi, also known by his stage name Kid Cudi), resumes the grind as a struggling music producer and is often subject to the whims of a local semi-famous rapper. And their young daughter Zuri (Brooke Monroe Conaway) gets caught up in her own (mis)adventures involving procrastination, school bullies and more.
"You rarely see what happens after somebody recovers" from cancer, said Matthew A. Cherry, the creator and executive producer
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