Yazz and Serayah cover the newest issue of Seventeen magazine. And they’re dishing on their real-life relationship. Find out what they said and get the details on Michael Jordan, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson and Kareem Adbul Jabbar copping a stellar award inside…
“Empire” stars Yazz and Serayah were once lovers on the hit FOX drama series. But, that’s simply not the case in real life.
The YBF stars cover Seventeen magazine’s December ‘16/January ’17 issue where they open up about their real-life relationship. But, it’s not what you think. They are NOT a couple (at least for now) and are just friends.
"She's a cool girl," Yazz told the magazine. "She's very attractive, but we're just so much friends, like homies."
We can respect that. Although, they would make a cute couple.
The young stars also dished on their journey to stardom and learning to appreciate the struggle. You may not succeed the first go around, but never give up.
"One yes can turn everything around for you and Empire did that for me," Yazz said."The struggle makes me appreciate the little things, like just being able to have lunch every day."
Serayah noted that she looks up to icons like Beyonce, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and how she tries to model their work ethic in her own career. She also talked about learning to love her luscious locs that we're obsessed over.
"I hated my hair — it always felt poufy and curly and people would poke it and ask, 'Why is it so big?' I started dyeing and cutting it and trying to make it as straight as possible," she said."Then I got this role on Empire where I wear my hair big and natural, and I've come to realize it's beautiful."
Well good for her. You can grab a physical copy of their magazine cover when it hits newsstands Tuesday, November 22nd.
Catch new episodes of “Empire” every Wednesday at 9pm EST on FOX.
In icon news...
A few of our fave YBF legends are about to honored with the nation highest civilian honor. And they all totally deserve it.
Today, President Barack Obama announced that NBA legends Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, singing icon Diana Ross and Hollywood veteran Cicely Tyson (along with several others) will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their undeniable greatness.
Over the summer, Michael Jordan broke his silence on the recent police-related shootings and the importance of social change in America. The NBA Hall of Famer revealed he was troubled by the recent killings and decided to donate $1 million each to the International Association of Chiefs of Police's newly established Institute for Community-Police Relations and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Read his full open letter HERE.
The honorary medal is presented to those “who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
The medals will be presented during a ceremony at the White House on November 22nd that will be live streamed.
#BlackExcellence at its finest. Congrats to the receipents!
Photos: Seventeen/Getty/Pacific Coast News
