American Idol: Empire Stars Perform “Never Let it Die” (VIDEO)

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 5: Jussie Smollett (L) and Bryshere Gray (R) of EMPIRE perform with the top 6 contestants on AMERICAN IDOL airing Thursday, March 17 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. © 2016 FOX Broadcasting Co. Cr: Ray Mickshaw/ FOX. This image is embargoed until Thursday, March 17,10:00PM PT / 1:00AM ET

The FOX hit show, Empire, will return to Wednesday nights at 9 pm on the network beginning March 30th. Ahead of the spring premiere, Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray, who play brothers Jamal and Hakeem Lyon, respectively, stopped by American Idol on Thursday March 17 to perform a new song.

The Top 6 contestants, MacKenzie Bourg, La’Porsha Renae, Dalton Rapattoni, Trent Harmon, Sonika Vaid and Tristan McIntosh, clad in black leather, joined the duo for a performance of “Never Let it Die.”

Watch the performance right here.

Check out the studio version here:

https://youtu.be/IbdClJIrCGc

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 5: Jussie Smollett (L) and Bryshere Gray (R) of EMPIRE perform with the top 6 contestants on AMERICAN IDOL airing Thursday, March 17 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. © 2016 FOX Broadcasting Co. Cr: Ray Mickshaw/ FOX. This image is embargoed until Thursday, March 17,10:00PM PT / 1:00AM ET

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