February 27, 2015

‘Empire’ Character Lucious Lyon Was Inspired By Jay Z

Turns out that Taraji P. Henson’s Empire character Cookie isn’t the only one inspired some of the finest in hip-hop. The show’s creator Danny Strong has revealed that Lucious Lyon, played by Terrence Howard, is based off of Jay Z.

During a visit to Sway in the Morning, Strong and Sway addressed the negative feedback the show has gotten for the stereotypical aspects of some of the characters’ story lines, like Lucious being a drug dealer-turned-music mogul.

“I’ve heard that, but there’s certainly some truth in that,” Strong said. “The Jay Z story, which very much inspired Lucious Lyon, certain elements of Lucious Lyon, was that story.” He continued “So for me, I don’t think in terms of ‘Okay we have to be careful of certain things because of certain negative stereotypes’. I view it as the entire cast is African-American [so] we’re gonna have all different types of characters and we’re gonna tell good stories. We’re not gonna sit here and play defense or think that our show is a representation as Black culture in its entirety. It’s not; it’s just this story.”

Source:AllHipHop

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Kardashians Ink $100 Million Mega-Deal with E!

Sylvester February 27, 2015

Kris Jenner has officially signed a $100 million contract with the network for four more seasons of the hit reality show, Page Six confirmed on Thursday.

The details of the deal – which an insider confirms to PEOPLE are accurate and would make the stars among the highest paid in the history of reality television – was vehemently denied by E!’s parent company, NBC Universal.

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Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Annual Heritage Dinner

Sylvester February 27, 2015

The Annual Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Heritage Dinner was held at the Georgia World Congress Center and was hosted by Chris Tucker and Cynne’ Simpson. I have to say that Chris Tucker is STILL the MAN!! He was a great host and he kept the crowd entertained the entire night.

James Brown, Ray Charles, and Otis Redding were honored at the event while Kenny Leon and Will Packer received the 2015 Heritage Award. Check out some of the photos from the night and special thanks to Diane Larche’ for giving Kingsmen Media Group the V.I.P. media access.