Becky immediately refutes Giselle and Giselle immediately tries to talk over Becky. The data proves, he says, that Three Black Divas - led by Tisha Campbell - won't sell records. He's just not feeling the song - not matter how head-boppy it is. Jeff Kingsley walks in and shuts down all the good vibes. Becky (Gabby Sidibe) and Giselle (Nicole Ari Parker) are bopping their heads too. Three Black Divas Is Back (aka Hey, Tisha Campbell!)Ĭut to Empire Records, where three women are in the studio singing a bop. It seems that Maya is losing control since finding out she is the product of a prison rape and according to Maya's adopted mother, she has gone off the rails.) ( Maya is Poundcake's daughter, that Cookie knew from the lockup. Help, says the woman, I'm Elizabeth Landry, Maya's mother, and I need your help. Cookie asks her if she is in the right place and she most definitely is. Porche can rap! She then listens to several other people perform but a white woman butts in line.
So bring it."Ĭookie is pleasantly surprised when Porche performs an intro for her cousin. All you need is one somebody and she standing right here in front of you. The messaging is making Cookie a social media star according to Porche (Ta'Rhonda Jones.)Ĭookie gives a rousing speech to the online masses: "You don't need everybody to believe in you. She starts walking to parks and broadcasting live on her cell phone to encourage people to come out so she can find the next big star. Lucious says he has a plan to get a rapper named Carlito and he plans to do it by snagging Carlito from his manager, who is reportedly in over his head at an underground, millionaire's poker game.Ĭookie decides to launch a social media-activated campaign "Five Boroughs in Five Days" to find the next star out there in the streets of New York City. Sure Devon (Mario) is with Def Jam, but they need money fast. Meanwhile she is asking Lucious why he hasn't signed anyone new yet. But Cookie persists, saying she needs to understand what Kai (Toby Onwumere) is going through so she can be a better mother-in-law to be. Lucious (Terrence Howard) suggests that Cookie give the research a break. She reads from a website about how, given medical advance, people with diabetes are more likely to die earlier than people with HIV. Henson) at the kitchen bar, researching living with HIV on her laptop. The second scene of the episode shows Cookie (Taraji P.