PHILADELPHIA — TaTa Sherise has nothing against Lizzo, but the West Philadelphia-based comedian is quick to say she was about the big-girls-are beautiful energy long before the singer was.
“I’m glad to see another big girl doing her thing out here,” Sherise said as if she was setting up a joke. “I mean, I’m like, ‘Go ‘head, girl,’ But I been doing that. They keep saying, ‘I’m like Lizzo.’ Uh, noooo, I’m like Tata. I’ve been fabulous.”
The fabulosity is real. In the five years since Sherise — whose real name is Na’Tosha Wyles — entered the comedy scene, the Camden native has landed roles in indie movies and last year she did her bit live on The Drew Barrymore Show.
