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Yes, Girl!

Empire’s Jussie Smollett is sooo lit, plus creator Lee Daniels has another show up his sleeve and it’s juicy

Yes, Girl!

ESSENCE PODCAST NETWORK

Cori Murray, Women, Yes, Arts, Music, Podcasts, Essence, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Black Women, Celebrity, #Blackgirlmagic, Girl!, Pop Culture, Charli Penn, 509640, Essence Magazine, Cardi B, Yolanda Sangweni, Entertainment, Blackgirlmagic, Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Podcastsforwomen, Podcast

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

It’s an #EMPIRE lovefest! Jamal Lyons aka friend in our heads, actor and activist JUSSIE SMOLLETT stops by to discuss Twitter clap backs, life after being an ESSENCE cover cutie and LOTS more! Plus, Hollywood juggernaut and Empire creator LEE DANIELS joins us to discuss casting and working with the most iconic Black actresses in Hollywood, making TV magic and loving Black women's stories.

Produced by Bob Tabaddor at Cadence 13

Music by Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc), Aaron Amado (@theoriginalsaedi) and Dave Giles (@daveeveryseason)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Cori Mary. Mary.

0:05.0

Charlie Pan, I want to know what you're going to do for the day.

0:07.0

All right, let me get my bars together.

0:11.0

No, I, just kidding.

0:13.2

Y'all ain't ready for this.

0:14.2

Y'all ain't ready for this episode.

0:15.7

Next week.

0:17.0

Cori, what would you do for the...

0:17.8

You know what, before we talk about what we would do for the day.

0:19.8

That's true, that's true.

0:20.9

That's true. That's true. Our show is lit this week.

0:25.0

Oh, me gosh.

0:27.0

Who's on the show for it?

0:29.0

First of all, this motherfucking Jesse Smollett.

0:32.0

I've who had so much fun in here with you guys are going to love to self.

0:36.8

I'm not even saying it because I work and Charlie and I were there to do the interview but

0:40.6

buckle up hilarious hilarity I like to say.

0:45.0

Strap in because we went there and it's like an empire

0:48.8

extraaganza.

0:50.4

He is low-key hilarious.

0:52.2

We got to know what side of him. I had never seen loved it but also talked to the man who put him on

0:58.1

Lee Daniel. Lee Daniels actually but Jesse just see

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