Empire Season 1: Hip Hop and Drama

Empire is a show based around the hip hop entertainment industry and who is going to take over the enterprise once Lucious Lyons is out of the picture. Lucious' three sons are battling over who will be groomed as the successor to the Empire throne. However, Lucious, being the power driven, money hungry, controlling person he is, put the brothers against each other. He did this by proclaiming that there can only be one of the three that is ready to be groomed to take over the enterprise. He plans on making the announcement of the successor at the same time he announces that the company will be going public, while promoting the debut of his younger son Hakeem's album.

Things become a little turned around once Cookie, the boys' mother is released from prison. She has been locked up in prison for 17 years for dealing drugs. Now that she is out she is ready to take back what belongs to her. She is the one that helped Lucious and Empire reach the status that it is today and she wants to make sure everyone knows that.   

The first season is very open when it comes to getting right down to business. Lucious has made a few enemies in his rise to the top and everyone is trying to take him down. However, he will not let anyone or anything keep him from protecting Empire. He put his two younger sons up against each other as they compete to become the next big star for Empire Enterprises. The oldest son admits to not having any talent so instead uses his power of manipulation to be the last one standing and take over the enterprise. The middle son, Jamal, is too proud to let his father's money corrupt him and would rather be the person that his father does not want him to be, an openly gay R&B/hip hop star that is all about the true meaning of his music.