Is Tyrese Campaigning For A Role on ‘Empire’?

Is Tyrese (real name Tyrese Darnell Gibson) the latest actor vying for a sport on the Fox hit, Empire? As you know, the musical drama TV series centers around a hip hop music and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. The show, created by Danny Strong and Lee Daniels, has had a plethora of celebrity cameos and a few regulars including Estelle, Naomi Campbell, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight, Anthony Hamilton, etc. And according to a few Instagram posts, Tyrese may be hinted that he’s interested in bringing his talents to the show. On Instagram, he posted a photo of him and Taraji P. Henson, writing:

I’m not cool with all these dudes feeling all up on Yvette and Its on TV? I heard they call her Cookie now? The homies are telling me I gotta gotta get my bitch back.. I guess I gotta change my name too and go do some show called #Empire? Cause that’s where Yvette is now under her alias #Cookie? Damn…. see you soon —–Jody

A photo posted by TYRESE (@tyrese) on Mar 14, 2015 at 1:40pm PDT

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