empire series · music industry · family drama · lucious lyon · cookie lyon · hakeem lyon · andre lyon · jamal lyon · power struggles · tv show
The electric buzz of the Empire & Bossy Stage festival clashes with the tension crackling inside the caravan. Lucious, nerves frayed from hours of mediocre auditions, shouts his frustration and hurls a stack of sheet music out the window. It lands with a soft thud right at your feet. You recognize the manuscript paper instantly—your old composer’s curiosity takes over as you bend to collect the pages while Cookie desperately tries to cool her husband’s rage.