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‘Empire’ Comes to Africa

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It was a hyped up, fun-filled day at the DSTV Multi Choice head office in South Africa, as fox brought one of the most anticipated and loved shows in the world, ‘Empire’, to Africa . The Empire South African Tour 2016 saw the coming of Taraji P Henson better known as Cookie from the show, and Terrance Howard, who plays Lucius Lyon.
Addressing hundreds of people in Randburg South Africa, Taraji (Cookie) expressed how delighted and excited she was coming through to Africa for the first time. Terrence (Lucius) also expressed how thrilled he was with the overwhelming love, shown by their fans in South Africa.
The two powerful leads from Empire exposed their deep feelings for the show, their characters and the great chemistry between the both of them on and off set.
“I have grown to respect every black African woman through “Cookie”, she’s been through a lot and she still stands out and fights for her family. I see her as a role model to all the black African woman and the African girl child” said Taraji .
Terrance shared some of Lucius’ memorable moments with his family and also took time to tell the crowd how he enjoys playing the most hated man–Lucius.
“Lucius is one focused, principled, ambitious man who strives to reach his goal despite people’s might judgment of him…and that’s the true African spirit. I played Muhammad Ali in a movie and I remember having a chit chat with the late Great Legend, and he said ‘as humans we were created in God’s image hence let’s not be afraid of anything, dream big then anticipate to reach your goal’ and that I will never forget because it’s so true ” added Terrance.
It was an emotional moment for the two stars and their fans. Aka rocked with a stage performance. The multi award winning SA Hip Hop artist performed his hit singles ‘All Eyes on Me’ and ‘Baddest’ from his album ‘Levels’.
The ‘Empire’ promised fireworks in season 3 and also hinted that they will be new faces.

Empire's Taraji and Terrence in South Africa (1)

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