Jas Waters (October 21, 1980 – June 9, 2020), also known as Jas Fly, was an American screenwriter and journalist. She was a

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for the television series ''

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'' and also wrote for '' The Breaks'', '' Hood Adjacent with James Davis'', and ''

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''. Waters was a journalist in the hip hop industry, writing a digital column for ''

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'' in the early 2010s and starring in the reality show ''

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''. She advocated for the importance of black writers in the film and television industry. Waters was born in

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, and raised by her grandmother in a senior home. After graduating from

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, she attended

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. She died of

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on June 9, 2020, in

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The Brillant Idiots – Men Too Feat. Jas Waters (Podcast)
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