Latasha Jones
Comm 1301
4/23/2015
Empire Have you ever watched a TV series where you can truly relate to the life style that they live? Maybe you cant relate to everything but you know one day you want to make a name for yourself and build your own Empire. Empire is an American drama television series debuted on Fox on January 7, 2015 created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. Its centered around a hip hop music and entertainment company, called Empire Entertainment, and the drama around the founders' family as they fight for control over the company (Bibel). Within the series of Empire the family goes through trials and tribulations but they come together as a family with what brought them together; Music. Most people watch the show for enjoyment or as a family show to watch after dinner as a family. Many may argue and say that the show stereotypes African Americans of all ages and how the hip hop entertains live or may even influence young teens to want to live this type of lifestyle (I disagree). The series shows detections for ones dream, love for one another, and emotion throughout the series. Life as an African American entertainer in the hip hop industry seems to be great when your on the outside looking in. By watching Empire you learn what the entertainers go through to be top in the business. Lucious Lyon a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and the CEO of Empire Entertainment, whose life begins to cave in around him after his past sins come back to haunt him, following his diagnoses with ALS (Kile). Lucious is now engaged to a woman named Anika, but his ex-wife, Cookie intends on tearing them apart. Cookie Lyon, Lucious' outspoken ex-wife and the mother of his three sons, who served a 17-years in prison for drug dealing. Cookie views herself as the sacrificial lamb for Empire, which she built with her ex Lucious, Cookie took the fall for running