June 12, 2025
On the 2025 BET Awards, Tyler Perry took a second to debate his life’s footprint, particularly creating millionaires.
Tyler Perry spoke about his potential to make millionaires whereas on stage on the 2025 BET Awards.
The billionaire entrepreneur has been a staple in Black Hollywood for over 20 years from his profitable stage-play run to field workplace success. So far, Perry’s movies have grossed over $1 billion on the field workplace .
“I’ve made extra Black millionaires—hear me after I say this—than any studio on this metropolis mixed as a result of I’m making footprints,” Perry mentioned. “So I don’t care in case you’re struggling, in case you’re making an attempt to make it, you’re making an attempt to construct a enterprise. When you have a dream, hold making footprints. This isn’t the time to surrender. That is the time to dig in and hold leaving footprints in every single place you go.”
Actors and actresses usually discuss Tyler’s generosity, saying that they receives a commission what they’re value at Tyler Perry Studios.
Paying Taraji’s Value
Taraji P. Henson was one of many first Black actresses to talk about Tyler Perry’s honest enterprise practices. On an episode of Selection’s: Actors on Actors, Henson revealed that Perry was the primary studio that paid her asking value: $500,000.
“I’ve been making an attempt to show and enhance. I used to be asking for half 1,000,000. I didn’t receives a commission that till I did my first Tyler Perry movie. He was the primary one who paid me $500,000. I used to be by no means ready the place I couldn’t take a job,” Henson mentioned to actress Ellen Pompeo.
As Henson has labored with Perry a number of occasions within the final decade, she could also be a kind of millionaires.
Honoring Cicely Tyson
Perry shouldn’t be solely paying honest wages and making millionaires out of latest expertise. The Madea’s Household Reunion creator can be financially lifting up the outdated guard. In 2007, Perry paid Black Hollywood legend Cicely Tyson $1 million a day’s work on Why Did I Get Married?
Tyson, who died in 2021, was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. But, the actress by no means acquired her value in keeping with Perry.
“This lady had achieved so many superb issues, however she wasn’t nicely compensated for it. She made $6,000 for Sounder, you understand?” he advised AARP The Journal. “I wished to verify she knew that there have been individuals who valued her.”
These are just a few examples of Perry’s millionaire-making work. He at the moment owns the biggest manufacturing studio in the US, so his capability to make millionaires is seemingly countless.
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