'Empire' Finds Gabourey Sidibe's Love Interest in 'Sons of Anarchy' Alum

Mo McRae will play J-Poppa who is seeing Lucious Lyon's assistant Becky, and also forms a connection with Andre.

August 22, 2015

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Becky Williams (Gabourey Sidibe) is getting a love interest on "Empire" season 2. Mo McRae has landed a recurring role as Becky's new flame named J-Poppa. He is booked for a three-episode arc.

J-Poppa is described as "a handsome, easygoing guy who is seeing Becky, assistant to Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) at Empire Entertainment. He also develops a strong connection with Andre (Trai Byers)." Variety first reported the news.

McRae has a regular role as Anthony "Suger" Cascade on TNT's "Murder in the First" and appeared in a recurring role as Tyler on FX's "Sons of Anarchy". His other credits include "CSI: NY", "Ray Donovan", "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and Reese Witherspoon's "Wild" among others.

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"Empire" returns Wednesday, September 23 at 9 P.M. on FOX. Also set to guest star in the second season are Chris Rock, Kelly Rowland, Alicia Keys, Marisa Tomei, Lenny Kravitz, Ludacris, Adam Rodriguez, Mariah Carey and Pitbull.

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