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Tune in each week, live or on demand, for review and conversation about the hit
Fox Television Show. Empire centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company. The hour-long family drama was created by
Lee Daniels and
Danny Strong, and stars
Terrence Howard as
Lucious Lyon and
Taraji P. Henson as
Cookie Lyon.
Howard and Henson previously starred together as love interests in the film
Hustle &
Flow.
Terrence Howard, as Lucious Lyon, is a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and the
CEO of Empire
Entertainment. Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, is Lucious' outspoken ex-wife and mother of his three sons, who served a 17-year stretch in prison for drug dealing.
Trai Byers as
Andre Lyon, is the eldest son of the
Lyon family and
CFO of Empire Entertainment. He is
Wharton educated, power hungry, bi-polar and married to his white college sweetheart,
Rhonda.
Jussie Smollett plays
Jamal Lyon, the middle son and black sheep of the Lyon family, a talented, gay singer-songwriter who despises the corporate aspect of the music industry and is estranged from his homophobic father.
Bryshere Y. Gray is
Hakeem Lyon, the fame-obsessed youngest son and Lucious' favorite child, who is a hip hop star on the rise.
Grace Gealey is
Anika Calhoun, head of Empire Entertainment A&R and Lucious' fiancé who
Cookie refers to as
Kitty Boo Boo.
Naomi Campbell,
Macy Gray,
Courtney Love,
Tasha Smith,
Judd Nelson,
Ta’Rhonda Jones and
Gabourey Sidibe round out the cast.
Music for the show is handled by
Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley. Known for scoring hits with some of pops biggest artists including
Madonna,
Brandy and
Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and
Aaliyah.
Timbaland takes his cue from the writing team who gives him an idea of where the plot is headed, and crafts songs to fit those themes.
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- published: 11 Apr 2016
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