Kwifotozanya na 'Empire' bakoranye na Terrence Howard, umukinnyi wa filime Taraji P. Henson yerekana inkuru iheruka gusohoka mu kinyamakuru Emmy Magazine. Gukina stilish Cookie Lyon kuri iki gitaramo, Taraji yafashije kurema imwe mubantu batazibagirana kuri tereviziyo mumyaka yashize.
Nyuma yimyaka 20 akora mubucuruzi, Taraji abwira iki kinyamakuru ko ubu arimo kwitabwaho kuruta mbere hose. Agira ati: "Abantu basohoka mu biti, abantu ntari maze imyaka numva." Ati: “Ninkaho, 'Tegereza gato. Wari urihe? Niki cyaguteye gushaka kumpamagara nonaha? 'Kandi sinshobora kujya ahantu hose [ntamenyekanye]. Abantu banyita kuki. Cookies iri kuruhuka nonaha. Kandi kuki ntabwo ari Taraji. Ariko ndabibona. Ni urukundo rw'abafana… ”