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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 ...
From 2015 to 2019, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire. In January 2019, Jussie Smollett claimed to be a victim of a hate crime, but police later determined he staged the attack with two acquaintances. Initially charged with filing a false police report, charges were dropped after Smollett completed community ...
Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015, on Fox.Although filmed in Chicago, [1] [2] the show is based in New York City and it centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
Empire is an American music drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox that ran from January 7, 2015, to April 21, 2020. It is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television .
Lucious Lyon was born Dwight Walker. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [7] and began selling drugs to support himself at age nine as an orphan, [8] after his father was "killed" by the Nation of Islam, the details of which have yet to be revealed. [9]
Smollett's character was subsequently removed from the final two episodes of Empire 's fifth season. [132] The studio stated on April 30, 2019, that "at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to return to Empire." [133] Fox announced that Empire would be canceled at the end of Season 6. [133]
With Lyon Family Management and Empire working together, Lucious attempts to set aside differences with Jeff Kingsley so that their companies can get TBD back on the map. Meanwhile, Jamal grows frustrated with Cookie when she tries to steal his London artist, Wynter, out from under him and reveals to Cookie about his engagement.
Jamaal (Arabic: جمال Jamaāl / Jamal ) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty", [2] and a surname. It is used in the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and predominantly Muslim countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia.