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Jamal Lyon was born to Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the second of three sons. Jamal grew up with his brothers, father, and mother; his parents were selling drugs in the Philadelphia ghetto they lived in to finance Lucious' music career. As a child, he began to dress in women's ...
Cookie and Lucious learn the difficulties of launching an artist without Empire Entertainment's resources and when they receive two offers that will launch them back into power, one of them will be able to gain entrance back into Empire, so they make a surprising decision. Jamal decides to move back to New York and put his family first.
In 2014, Smollett was cast as Jamal Lyon—a gay musician struggling to gain the approval of his father Lucious—opposite Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard in the Fox drama series Empire. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] His role was hailed as groundbreaking for its positive depiction of a black gay man on television. [ 15 ]
By THE WRAP Fox Entertainment president David Madden tells TheWrap what he believes to be the secrets to the primetime soap opera's success Guns, glamour, hip-hop royalty, melodrama, music ...
Lucious rallies the family together, just as Cookie is rushed to the hospital following her heart attack. Both Andre and Jamal try to right their wrongs and Jamal makes a shocking revelation on live TV with Robin Roberts. Eager to take Empire to new heights, Eddie's motives are questioned when the numbers don't add up.
Taraji P. Henson said the best business decision she’s ever made was “firing everybody” after her six-season run as Cookie Lyon on Empire. “Everybody had to f–king go,” Henson, 53 ...
Daniels further reflected on the show, which starred Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, by stating that he didn't understand its cultural impact.Howard played music mogul Lucious Lyon, while ...
After finding God through Michelle, Andre wants to leave Empire. Lucious takes revenge by wooing Michelle with a gospel record contract. Jamal gets closer with Ryan. Beretti takes legal action against Empire. When Jamal’s new album is a big success, Lucious promises him to become his successor if he has what it takes to deal with Beretti.