Taraji Hoping These 2 Old School LEGENDS Will Be Her Parents On Empire

Posted On : June 3, 2015

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Actress, Taraji P. Henson is fresh off of a Criti’s Choice Award win, after making history by being the first African American woman to snag that award for ‘Best Actress In A Drama’ and now she’s hoping to create another ‘first’ with her latest ‘wishlist’ of who she really would want to play her feisty Empire character, “Cookie Lyon’s” parents on the show.

One of them is a legendary soul singer and the other is a legend in the acting world. They have both been on screen together in the past. Turn the page and check out Taraji’s hopeful TV Mom and Pops…

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We salute the incredible people and beautiful memories of that "old school". We’re not saying that every artist and every facet of the soul era was perfect, but the artists’ contributions to soul music and the old school memories of that particular time are PRICELESS.