Taraji P. Henson who was on ground to handover the honour to her close friend Tyler Perry was dressed in a sparkling, black dress as she hit the stage to present the 49-year-old director and producer with the Ultimate Icon Award.

“In a time where my counterparts were making way more than I was…Tyler Perry was the first to pay me my worth,” Taraji said about Tyler. “A black man did that and that means the world to me.

 

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Tyler added: “When I started hiring Taraji, Viola Davis and Idris Elba, they couldn’t get jobs in this town but God blessed me to be in a position to be able to hire them. I was trying to help somebody cross.”