And that's what we have to do as women everyday in the industry, fight. I mean, she came out of jail ready to fight. " really shows the dedication and loyalty that a woman has, and most importantly the strength of a woman. And clearly she did do anything for her children, she went to jail," V says. "Cookie is a strong woman, she loves her family. So I'm so glad that we have acknowledged that to the world."Īnd what about a feminist angle? We won't be seeing just stereotypical scenes of women catfighting and fawning over the men. In the pilot someone says that with the state of the music industry now, artists are getting robbed of their artistry and not getting their proper due respect and payment just to survive. It's very matter of fact when it comes to hip hop, how it influences our culture, and what we need to do to make it better.
He's very passionate and he's very connected to his work and so I knew Empire was going to be a hit. He's the type of director that he has no filter. "I knew that Lee Daniels was gonna go there.
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V goes on to say that aside from the music, which is now available on iTunes, the best thing about working on Empire is Lee Daniels and the truth the series brings to its depiction of hip hop and the music industry. It's what she said got her as far as she's gone today and what she relates to the most in her character Veronica, because in V's words, she's the type of "passionate artist that doesn't care about anything but her career and won't let anyone stop her in her way, it doesn't matter who it is, it could be Lucious or her best friend." She grew up in South Central Los Angeles and put pain in her own music. V shares that she related to her character in so many ways because she herself has been through a lot in her life.
"He just kept saying he loved my energy and just wanted me to make sure that I be myself and be true to the character." "Terrence embraced me immediately when I met him," she states. V describes her experience working with Howard as the most amazing day. V also shares that she's dying to work with Terrence Howard again in a more musical capacity, as he is an artist himself and Lucious was a rapper before he became a mogul. "In fact, I was actually talking to the writer of the songs on Empire about this last night because there's a big demand I'm starting to get from the masses that they want to see that." "He's such a dear friend to me and we've been talking about doing our song together," she says. With so many other great musicians on the series, can we expect some collaborations coming up? V says absolutely, citing that she especially wants to work with Jussie Smollett who plays Jamal. "So I was like 'Ok we'll see.'" Clearly, Timbaland made good on his word. "I didn't really think anything of it because you know in this industry, people say things or want to do things that never come to pass," V reveals. He's doing this series on Fox and I just think that you would fit perfectly in the cast.'" And what was her response to Timbaland, a musician V claims is "one of the most important figures in music of today," giving her such a great opportunity? "He said 'I need to show Lee Daniels this. "He was so taken aback by it," she tells me. While working an album with Timbaland, V showed the him her latest body of work called Grace Jones and he fell for it immediately. V had the opportunity to join the series thanks to her collaboration with Empire's music maestro Timbaland, in fact, she's signed with the artist. That singer is the talented Veronika Bozeman, or V as she's called on her albums. But don't think that the musician in said scene is a one-off. It opens with Terrence Howard's Lucious coaching one of the musicians on his label, and the scene sets the tone for a show that has all the truth, drama, pain and tension that you'd expect from a Lee Daniels production. If you were one of the many who tuned in to watch the premiere of Fox's newest drama Empire (and there were quite a few million of you considering Empire is Fox's highest rated show in years), it's hard to deny that the series started with a bang.
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