Actor Grace Byers joins Jemele to discuss the latest season of her hit Amazon Prime series, Harlem, and the complexities of her character, Quinn. Grace shares what she’s learned about herself during her pregnancy, what it was like growing up in the Cayman Islands with a deaf mother and how the bullying Grace experienced as a child inspired her to write children’s books. Grace also discusses the legacy of the show Empire, which she starred on for three seasons. Plus, Jemele gives her thoughts on the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico.

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