The scene were Cookie tells Anika "This is an ass" was improvised.
The title of the episode is a reference to one of Lady Macbeth's lines from Macbeth. The scene in question is one where she is sleepwalking and admitting her guilt in the conspiracy against the king.
Raven Symoné played a character named Olivia on The Cosby Show (1984) from 1989 to 1992. Her character's name is Olivia in this series, too.
The song credits include the voice of the LOST BOYZ founder, Mr. Cheeks. This is CHEEKS' song, and EMPIRE's use was a collaboration use of MR. CHEEKS with Lil 'Kim from the LB hit,
"Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz, and Benz."
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