African American Power Two Oprah and Tyler Perry cover Essence Magazine

The power two joined forces together in more ways than one, Tyler Perry recently struck a deal with his pal Oprah to give her and her OWN network the exclusive rights to every original TV show written, directed & produced by TP himself.

Oprah on the rare occasion of two powerful people coming together: "We both know how rare this is," says Oprah. "Where else in the history of our African-American culture have two really, really successful people who can do whatever they want said, 'Let’s come together and be even more powerful—let’s take it to the tenth power?'"

Tyler on mixing their friendship with business: "...The most important thing about coming together was making sure we would not lose our friendship because of the business. We had to establish ground rules. The main one: Both of us have to continue to live in our truth. If she doesn’t like something, say it. If I don’t like something, I’ll say it. And we’ll figure it out and keep moving on…”

Love love this two!