The four-alarm scorcher was stomped out just over an hour after the first responding team arrived, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.

Officials remained on the scene until this morning, as crews conducted damage assessments and investigated the possible causes of the fire. Nearby residents of a neighboring senior-living complex reported explosions and other pyrotechnics, before fire crews arrived. “It was all in flames,” said Dorothy Ware of the Asbury Harris Epworth Towers.  “The building started popping. Whatever the fire was hitting was blowing up. There were plenty of sparks coming over here where we are.”

None of the studio staff were harmed in the fire, although crews did say a building collapsed. The quick action of the firefighters helped to contain the blaze to just one building and, because of its construction, only the exterior suffered any real damage. A spokesperson for Tyler Perry Studios issued a statement regarding the fire.

“We are grateful that there were no injuries, and that 99 percent of the damage is limited to the backlot facade. Mr. Perry wishes to express his heartfelt thanks to the Atlanta fire department for their professionalism in their quick response and limiting the damage,” read part of the statement.

Perry has been in the news as of late for accusing police officers of racial profiling when he was pulled over at his studio, and received support from the likes of David Banner for turning his love of cross-dressing into a multi-million dollar empire.  If the blaze was part of a conspiracy to bring down Tyler Perry's Hollywood regime and giving the studio a well-deserved fade, those plans have been thwarted.

Unfortunately, the blaze didn't burn up Madea's wigs and dresses as a new film featuring Perry as the madam of mischief, Madea's Witness Protection, hits theaters this June.

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Check out what else he had to say after the jump.

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Perry made the turn to shake potential stalkers, but when the cops got hold of him, he claims to have been harassed, because of his skin color. In an entry on his Facebook page, Perry explained that the whole incident occurred as he was leaving his massive Atlanta studio. "A few days before President Obama was supposed to speak at my studio, I was leaving the studio, headed to the airport," he wrote. "Most times when I leave the studio I have an unmarked escort. Other times I constantly check in my rearview mirror to be sure that I'm not being followed. It's a safety precaution that my security team taught me. As I got to an intersection, I made a left turn from the right lane... and was pulled over by two police officers."

Perry immediately pulled over, put his vehicle in park, and waited for the officers to approach. He informed them that he made the illegal turn to make sure he wasn't being followed, to which the officer replied "Why do you think someone would be following you?'” Before he could respond, a second officer started banging on the passenger window of his car, demanding that he roll it down and put his foot on the break. Given the hostile response, (especially since he noted that the car was already in park), the 42-year-old concluded that the incident was racially driven.

A third officer—who just happened to be a Black man—pulled up as Perry was stepping outside of his car and took his associates out of earshot. He likely explained the Madea star's status, because the officers became "apologetic." Even though he was let go, Perry used the event to comment on racial injustices in this country, citing the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the disappearances of fellow Floridians, Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos—who were put in the backseat of a squad car eight years ago, and never seen again—as examples. "Although we have made significant strides with racial profiling in this country, the world needs to know that we are still being racially profiled, and until this situation has improved greatly, I'm not sure how a murder in Florida can be protected by a 'stand your ground law.'"

He ended his post with a call to action."RACIAL PROFILING SHOULD BE A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI!!!," he wrote.

Granted, Perry does make a good point, but it's hard to take him seriously since did admit to making an illegal turn and has made millions being a Black man in a dress.

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Reports state that the body was flown from California to the east Coast in Tyler Perry's private jet and the going home service will be held in her homestate.

Tyler Perry turns 42 today and is getting a special gift compliments of Forbes Magazine.

The playwright, screenwriter and director has topped Forbes' highest paid men list beating out Steven Spielberg, Jerry Bruckheimer, Elton John and Simon Cowell for the top spot.

Last year, the Madea movie hitmaker came in at #6 but today the five movies he's released in the past two years have earned him over $130 million.

According to Forbes, Perry will next make a rare appearance in a film he didn't direct, write and produce when he takes on the role of author James Patterson's detective Alex Cross.

Perry will star in the movie I, Alex Cross and take on the role left by Morgan Freeman in two earlier films: Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls.

In case you're curious about who else made the list, click the page #s below.

Vanity Fair released it's 17th annual "New Establishment" list, which the magazine calls "the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs."

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckenburg tops the Vanity Fair list for the second year in a row, a couple of black luminaries have made the list amongst the world's best visionaries, prodigies and entrepreneurs.

This year Jay-Z and Tyler Perry celebrate black excellence by taking the No. 21 and No. 44 place on the list, respectively.

Others on the VF list include Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Mark Wahlberg and Ashton Kutcher.

A complete look at Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" list is posted below, and a full feature is available in the magazine's October issue.

1. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
2. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google
3. Jeff Bezos, Amazon
4. Tim Cook and Jonathan Ive, Apple
5. Jack Dorsey, Square, Twitter
6. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz
7. Reed Hastings, Netflix
8. John Lasseter, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios
9. Lady Gaga, singer
10. Dan Doctoroff, Bloomberg L.P.
11. package Costolo, Twitter
12. Mark Pincus, Zynga
13. Jim Breyer, Accel Partners
14. Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Graham King, Movies
15. Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital
16. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter
17. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park
18. Reid Hoffman, Greylock Partners, LinkedIn
19. Herb Allen III, Allen & Co.
20. Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions
21. Jay-Z, Roc Nation
22. Todd Phillips, Green Hat Films
23. Yuri Milner, DST Global
24. J. J. Abrams, writer, director, producer
25. Robin Li, Baidu
26. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
27. Andrew Mason, Groupon
28. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, television
29. Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, Leverage
30. Angela Ahrendts and Christopher Bailey, Burberry
31. Elon Musk, Tesla Motors, Space X
32. Natalie Massenet, Net-a-Porter Group
33. Paul Graham, Y Combinator
34. Sean Parker, entrepreneur
35. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures, Flatiron Partners
36. Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, Clarium Capital Management
37. Peter Jackson, Wingnut Films
38. Ryan Kavanaugh, Relativity Media
39. Mike Allen, Politico
40. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, All Things D
41. John Hennessy, Stanford University
42. Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp
43. Ashton Kutcher, actor, investor
44. Tyler Perry, director, producer, writer, actor
45. Dennis Crowley, Foursquare
46. Kevin Ryan, Gilt Groupe
47. Daniel Ek, Spotify
48. Henry Blodget, Business Insider
49. Mikael Hed, Niklas Hed, and Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio
50. Justin Timberlake, singer, actor

Tyler Perry is reportedly following in the footsteps of his good friend Oprah Winfrey and launching a new cable network, this according to The New York Times.

The NYT reports that Perry and Lionsgate will launch the new network initially playing reruns of his shows like "House Of Payne" and "Meet The Browns" before buying "third-party content that meshes with Mr. Perry's Christianity-tinged brand."

A source tells the publication that the network is tentatively titled "Tyler TV."

Lionsgate and Mr. Perry have declined to comment on The New York Times' story.

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