Taraji won’t take ‘loose change’

After being called out by rapper 50 Cent for having low ratings for Empire, the show’s lead actress Taraji P. Henson hit back on Sunday.

Fiddy had fired shots first, posting on Instagram a screengrab of a headline with Taraji’s picture that claimed the show’s ratings were dropping, captioning it, “Well look at the bright side at least. You can eat your trophies.”

Taraji then responded with another screenshot that claimed Empire was the “No. 1 scripted show on broadcast TV”. She wrote alongside it “For the confused ppl. Do REAL research!!! Loose change makes sooooooo much UNNECESSARY NOISE. AGAIN CONGRATS ON YOUR SUCCESS BLACK MAN!!! (sic)”. The rapper replied to her later and deleted his original post saying, “I was talking to old girl but you felt like you had to respond. SMH you know I love you cookie (sic)”.