SMH … So Kanye was a source of inspiration for Empire. I’ll let that soak in.
“I was in my car in L.A., and I was driving around,” Danny Strong – the Empire creator – recalled the birth of the show. ”I heard a news story about Puffy, and I just thought, ‘Hip-hop is so cool. That’s what I should do next, something in hip-hop.’” Fast forward to Kanye’s interviews: “I started watching Kanye West interviews. After 45 minutes, I said, ‘Alright, I’m good. I know how to do this.’”
My two-cents: I suppose inspiration comes from all sources, but I see a little more Diddy here than Ye.
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