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Taraji P. Henson , who will probably be known as Cookie for years to come now, graces the cover of Uptown magazine's Hollywood issue where she dishes on her role as Cookie Lyon on Lee Daniel 's hip hop drama on Fox ' Empire '. In the article, Cookie takes over mostly but the bubbly DC native does offer us some classic Taraji even dishing on her life in Chicago with her cast mates. “This is the happiest I’ve ever been in my career,”  Taraji P. Henson  says from her temporary residence in Chicago—the city where Hollywood mogul Lee Daniels tapes Fox Network’s new record-breaking series,  Empire , which he created and brought to Henson. “The cast is family. Bryshere [Gray] is always over here rattling through my pots and Jussie [Smollett] came over here the other day and spilled red wine all over my area rug,” she laughs. “I wake up the next morning, come out here and Gabby had told him to put salt on it. Salt is everywhere!” “I played a lot of characters that...

How cool would it be to be interviewed for anything by Eryah Badu ? Although many of us could never answer literally explain the answer to that question Kendrick Lamar now can thanks to Interview Magazine . Interview mag tapped Erykah to phone interview the talented up and comer for their recent issue with what seemed like a free range of questions that ranged from living status to hottest MCs. To get a feel for what Ms. Badu and Mr. Lamar chopped it up about check out some of the interview below and the entire interview HERE .  Singer, songwriter, and fellow raconteur Erykah Badu recently caught up with Lamar by phone at the airport in Denver. Badu was at home in Dallas, Texas, and Lamar, who has seemingly been in constant motion while touring the world over the past year, was enjoying a rare unscheduled breather, having just missed his flight.  BADU : You sound like the typical Gemini. But let me ask you this—I've been here for 42 summers,...