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The Lyons are
hitting back on Empire.
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- May we rise.
- Like we always do.
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Catch all-new episodes
Wednesdays.
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And check out
our other Fox programs...
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Star, 9-1-1, and The Resident.
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That's a win-win.
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Only on Fox.
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- Previously on Empire...
- I can't rap, Tee.
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I need some space
to get myself together.
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- What are you doing here?
- I wanted the family to meet Kai.
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Someone caught
Andre spiking Anika's drink.
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I can handle two years.
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I really needed that.
We make a good team, Kingsley.
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Get off me!
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We had his ass!
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And our deal is just
as dead as he is.
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I'd like you to step in
as Empire's interim CEO.
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We started our own label.
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That is Treasure,
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and we just signed her.
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To the Lyons.
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You couldn't have known.
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Do I know a hit
or do I know a hit?
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Damn, if I say yeah,
you gonna stop hitting me?
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- I might not.
- Okay, so,
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- what is next?
- What's next
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is you and me, tomorrow,
back at it,
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trying to find your next hit.
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Yeah, 'cause the last thing
you want to do
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is to have a song on radio
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and not have a hit
to follow up with.
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- You just said on the radio?
- Yeah.
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Hey, Tyree,
you got us blocked off
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for tomorrow
like I asked, right?
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You want a block,
you got a block.
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I'll add it to your bill.
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I know y'all good for it.
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Yeah, you know it.
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Y'all really think that
we can get some radio play?
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What?
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Baby girl, getting you
on the radio is the easy part.
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There is not a radio station
in the country
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that is not dying
to break a new Empire...
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Lyon Family record.
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Good cover.
- -Wow.
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I mean, it's just, like,
really fast.
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We just finished this.
And who's gonna be my promo guy?
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Well, Treasure,
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you are our first artist
on the label,
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so you get hands-on,
one-on-one promo.
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Right now you don't need
an army. What you need
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is two hit men that's willing
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to die for you and kill for you.
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We gonna change your life, girl.
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Hey, run that hit again.
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CEO of Empire.
I am so excited for you.
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Be excited
for both of us, Becky.
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The minute we walk in that room
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and Kelly makes
that announcement,
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I want you to know
that I got you.
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Girl, I know
my work wife got me.
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What do we call that?
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Black Girl Magic.
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Wait till you see this new couch
I got for my office. Wow.
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Already?
Before the announcement?
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I don't believe in jinxes.
You got to claim what's yours.
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I thought Kingsley
was in Silicon Valley.
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It's very sweet of him.
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Probably came
for the announcement.
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I like it a lot.- ...
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- Hi.
- Ladies. Just in time.
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- Hey. So nice to see you.
- Good morning.
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Nice to see you again.
Yeah. Champagne?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- Giselle.
- Yes?
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I can't thank you enough
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for all the work you did
as interim CEO.
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You are truly a team player.
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On that note...
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Everyone,
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I'd like to make
an announcement.
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- It's happening.
- Closer.
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Get in tight.
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Join me as I toast
the new chief executive officer
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of Empire Entertainment...
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- My girl.
- Jeff Kingsley.
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Giselle, can I count on you
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to bring our boy up to speed?
All this music stuff is like
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- a foreign language to guys like us.
- Well, thank you.
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Of course.
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Team player, right?
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Morning.
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Judgment free
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Am I to assume
this is our new normal?
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There's nothing
normal about this.
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Man...
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I can't...
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Keem!
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Get your stupid-ass leg...
Is that your chair?
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Get you asses up, and go.
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Come on, man, you know
it's real in the field, son.
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Marcel, get your little ass
out of my house.
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And you...
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- Ooh.
- Ooh.
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Don't embarrass your ass
right now.
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Get your ass up there.
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Wash your ass, get sobered up,
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tell your stupid friends
good-bye.
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- Hey, let's go in the guest room.
- Get...
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- You know better.
- You know better, too.
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Okay. I brought booze,
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thinking that there'd be tears,
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but this is healthy, too,
I guess.
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I don't cry at work.
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A'ight, cool.
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So what are you gonna do?
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Kelly Patel made a big mistake
passing me up.
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So after I take the knife...
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out of my back...
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I'm gonna nail Jeff Kingsley
to the wall!
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Um...
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Okay, girl, girl.
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Take it easy.
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Okay.
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Well, that was a birthday
present, but all right.
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Yeah, Lucious, good to see you
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putting in work again, man.
After all, you are the family
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that brought us Empire Entertainment.
Exactly.
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That's why we trying
to follow this legacy up
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with, um,
with an amazing artist.
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I'll tell you, once you
play this song from her...
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Yeah, we are, but before
we get into the future,
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man, let's stay in the past
for a minute.
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It's only been two years
since you lost Empire.
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All right, real talk, baby.
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You know, after doing
something for 20 years,
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y-you realize that sometimes,
it's time for a change.
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Now that's real talk.
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Well, real talk...
Man, you know how that is.
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Real talk ain't real
until the streets say so.
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And according to the streets,
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you and Cookie just fell off
the face of the Earth,
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because you let
your boy Eddie Barker
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just gorilla your whole company.
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Come here.
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You like your heart
being in your chest?
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You trying to play me?
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This is supposed
to be an interview,
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not me putting
my personal business on blast
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like I'm on a reality show.
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Nothing's on blast if
the rumor's aren't true, right?
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You and me, we had a deal.
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I come in here, I get
on the radio with your boy.
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I did my part, now play my song
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and call your sister stations
up and down the coast.
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You tell them
to play it as well.
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I can't do that, Lucious.
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No disrespect. But if you're not
willing to give us some dirt
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on what's really happening
with you and Cookie
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- and the Lyons...
- What's happening?
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This ain't about no damn dirt.
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This is supposed
to be about music, man.
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You know what's happening?
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You had an opportunity to break
the next Whitney Houston.
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You lost it.
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- Look at you.
- "Wack ass
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"show." You giving
somebody a ass-whooping
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- over the phone.
- I'm letting this radio station have it on Twitter.
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They don't want it with me.
That's for sure.
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Ain't you supposed to be
in the studio with Treasure?
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I can chew gum and walk
at the same damn time.
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Lucious, they must have forgot
who we are.
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- Baby...
- Let me send this.
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- Come on.
- Troll.
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Look, I'm telling you,
we got this.
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You get in the studio, you make
another hit with Treasure.
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I'll get this on the radio.
I got my boy Bakari,
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who's been running
Lincoln University radio station
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for 25 years.
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I got this, I promise you.
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Okay.
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What's that for?
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I need a reason?
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Maybe I don't need one, either.
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No, it's too hot
for all of that.
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Joe, Joe, you're supposed
to be her manager.
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Do you think you can manage to
tell me where the hell she is?
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Look, I don't mean
to be in your business,
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but you an hour behind,
and this is a business.
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- I know, I know.
- And I got Hootie and them
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show up about 200, and if your
girl ain't gonna show, I mean,
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we need to...
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You know what? A'ight.
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- A'ight, Cookie. You fam.
- A'ight.
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You fam. I got...
I'll just push him, all right?
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Your girl need
to tell me what's up.
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She's not gonna show.
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I'll put this on your tab, too.
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Yeah, I know you will.
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It's a wrap, fellas,
she's not coming.
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It's fine, everything's cool.
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- What's up?
- What's up, B?
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Gusto, please, man...
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So I told you before, right?
Now crawl.
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- What you mean, man?
- Now, see, yours is not to question, bitch.
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- Yours is to crawl.
- Ooh!
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Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Nothing good's gonna come
from what you about to do.
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You know his case, Miles.
He's innocent.
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He shouldn't even be here.
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You're almost out of here, Dre.
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You gonna blow a release
for some kid you don't owe?
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Crawl on over here, sister.
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Hey, Gusto, who's your girl?
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That's right. You better crawl.
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You messing
with my money, Treasure.
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What's this, one setback and you
run back back to your day job?
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Cookie, it's not just a job.
Okay?
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I'm paying my bills.
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It's a pension,
it's health care.
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And look, my daddy keeps
telling me I cannot run away
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from reality for a dream.
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You know, my daddy put food
on the table for three girls,
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with nothing but his toolbox
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and his bare, scarred,
rough hands.
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And when I told my daddy
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I was leaving
to pursue my dreams,
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he put his face in those
same hands and he cried.
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And you know what's unfortunate?
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He passed away
before he got to find out
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how I took every lesson
he taught me about hard work
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and I applied it to something
that woke my soul
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Music.
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I see greatness in you, sis.
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You call me when you see it
in yourself.
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Have a good day
with your day job.
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Yeah, there you go. Let's go.
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Aw, hell yeah.
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All three of the Lyon brothers
in one room?
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This is dope.
Now, we The Yard Boys.
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Check it out.
Show 'em what we got, fellas.
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What's going on?
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All right.
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Yeah.
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For real.
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- Gratitude, gratitude.
- Gentlemen...
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- Gratitude.
- I'm with my family.
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- My fault, dawg.
- Much respect, baby. -My-my bad.
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So what's up with the visit?
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I'm out of here in a few.
What, y'all miss me that much?
252
00:12:28,916 --> 00:12:30,984
- I actually do.
- I don't.
253
00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:33,486
And yet here you are, baby boy.
254
00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,789
- First time in a while, too.
- You right.
255
00:12:35,823 --> 00:12:37,166
I don't know why
I'm here seeing somebody
256
00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:38,434
who killed my daughter's mother.
257
00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:39,592
- Would you stop that?
- No.
258
00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:41,294
Seriously.
259
00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:44,331
Y'all gonna have to dead
all of this, whatever this is.
260
00:12:44,364 --> 00:12:46,733
I'm going back
to London, y'all, I am.
261
00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,436
And Mom and Dad gonna need
both of y'all, both of y'all.
262
00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,771
- No, I'm good.
- Really?
263
00:12:51,805 --> 00:12:54,107
You running like-like hip-hop
G.I. Joe, but you good.
264
00:12:54,141 --> 00:12:56,409
You know homeboy
likes to tote a gun now.
265
00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:58,078
I'm sorry,
let me-let me rephrase that.
266
00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:59,579
Lots... lots of guns.
267
00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,014
Yeah, you one of them tough guys
268
00:13:01,048 --> 00:13:03,116
who likes to throw rocks
at the prison wall
269
00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:04,751
until they finally let you in.
270
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,287
Coming from an actual convict,
that's deep.
271
00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,757
But why am I here having advice
from this goon ass?
272
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,759
'Cause both of us
love you, Hakeem.
273
00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,828
'Cause you our little brother.
274
00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:16,696
'Cause you all screwed up
and you need help.
275
00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:18,465
You're a knucklehead, Hakeem,
276
00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:22,202
but you can be strong
if you set your mind to it.
277
00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:25,138
Look, you ain't got to do it
for me, do it for your babies.
278
00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:27,183
You ain't care about my baby
when you killed her mother!
279
00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:28,617
- Stop that right now.
- No, no, no, no.
280
00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,543
He's-he's right. I deserve that.
281
00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,113
Like Anika
deserved what she got.
282
00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,547
Are you serious?
283
00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:36,683
Okay.
284
00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,518
Let me get this right.
285
00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:41,521
My daughter got no mother
'cause my brother killed her.
286
00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:45,225
And while I'm in the hospital
recovering for months...
287
00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:46,726
you was nowhere to be found.
288
00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:49,796
You in London having
a good-ass time, right?
289
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,631
Yeah.
290
00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,034
I got one more question.
291
00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,836
Why am I here?
292
00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:18,591
Thank you so much for
setting up this meeting, Becky.
293
00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:20,660
Thank you for coming.
You are our family.
294
00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,495
Um...
295
00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:25,732
well, I know that I haven't
put out that much music
296
00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:28,001
since Eddie shoved me.
297
00:14:28,035 --> 00:14:30,103
First things first,
I'm not Eddie..
298
00:14:30,137 --> 00:14:32,339
Eddie's philosophy
was old-school.
299
00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:34,007
So old-school.
300
00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:36,043
Decide an artist's image
and set it in stone?
301
00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:38,678
Your kids,
your life experience...
302
00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,414
Those things differentiate you
in an overcrowded market.
303
00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:42,549
Absolutely.
304
00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:44,284
Why hide what you
should be celebrating?
305
00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:46,186
- Let's celebrate you.
- Right?
306
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,554
Right?
307
00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:48,956
Celebrate how?
308
00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:50,690
Who watches Bella
and little Prince
309
00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,092
when you're in the studio?
310
00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:53,893
You know my kids' names?
311
00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:55,295
- Duh.
- Of course I do.
312
00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:57,764
Don't worry,
313
00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:00,233
I'll direct HR
to set up on-site day care.
314
00:15:00,267 --> 00:15:03,436
In fact, let's get you
in the studio right away.
315
00:15:03,470 --> 00:15:04,637
Absolutely.
316
00:15:04,671 --> 00:15:06,039
Thank you.
317
00:15:06,073 --> 00:15:08,208
Show me who you really are.
318
00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,277
I believe the music
will flow from there.
319
00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:22,555
Peace, brother.
320
00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,391
Peace to you, sister.
321
00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,326
Salaam, brother Lucious.
322
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:28,295
Salaam alaikum, my man.
323
00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:30,263
So, brother Lucious,
324
00:15:30,297 --> 00:15:31,931
about that record
you want us to play.
325
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:34,334
All due respect, we can't do it.
326
00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:36,469
We have a curated set list.
327
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,109
Okay.
328
00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:44,644
How about this
You play my record,
329
00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:47,947
and I'll give you an on-air
330
00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:49,949
exclusive interview
331
00:15:49,983 --> 00:15:53,453
as to the meaning behind
"A Child is Born."
332
00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:56,489
The "A Child is Born" song?
You never talked about that.
333
00:15:56,523 --> 00:15:58,658
Nor will I ever
talk about it again.
334
00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,960
But you got to play my record.
335
00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:04,697
You first.
336
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:07,534
So, um...
337
00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:09,936
the doctor, he walked out,
338
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,839
and I'm left standing there,
339
00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,841
watching,
340
00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:18,345
Cookie sleep
on the hospital bed.
341
00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:20,847
And then all these thoughts
kept coming through my head
342
00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,282
about what if
343
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:23,683
I had gotten her to the hospital
344
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:28,455
in time and our baby girl
had lived, um...
345
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,323
What if my oldest child,
346
00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:32,125
my firstborn,
347
00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:34,827
was that baby girl?
348
00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:36,696
You know, what if
she didn't breathe
349
00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:40,167
her first and last breath
on that day?
350
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:44,171
What if I could
turn back the time
351
00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:47,807
and see my girl being born?
352
00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,911
I remember thinking at the time
353
00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:54,013
that if Cookie and I
354
00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,683
could make it through
something like that,
355
00:16:56,716 --> 00:17:00,253
then we could, um...
356
00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:03,256
we can get through
anything, you know?
357
00:17:03,290 --> 00:17:07,026
So, our word is bond, Lucious.
358
00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:10,029
Tell us about your new artist.
359
00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:12,699
Well, I could tell you
about a treasure,
360
00:17:12,732 --> 00:17:14,801
but it's so much better
to see it for yourself.
361
00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:18,771
A'ight, so, without
362
00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:20,907
further ado,
the Culture Freedom show
363
00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,842
brings you the world premiere
364
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:26,546
of the Lyon family
music artist...
365
00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:27,947
Treasure.
366
00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:55,542
Reservation under Lyon.
367
00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,110
Treasure's song is already
368
00:17:57,144 --> 00:18:00,046
the most-requested song
at the radio station.
369
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,715
She will be out of those
social worker digs
370
00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:05,985
- in no time.
- Yeah, Sway's been blowing up my phone all day
371
00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:09,889
begging to be part of her
next exclusive, apologizing...
372
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,259
- Hey, dude, why am I still standing here?
- I-I'm so sorry
373
00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:13,793
for the delay, sir. Mrs. Barker
374
00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,495
changed the reservation
to her name.
375
00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:18,431
Mrs. Barker?
376
00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:22,001
Hell no.
377
00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:27,140
Cooks.
378
00:18:27,174 --> 00:18:29,476
Lucious, hi, I'm so glad
you could make it.
379
00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:32,779
- What are you doing here?
- Don't blame Treasure.
380
00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:34,447
I made an offer
she couldn't refuse
381
00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:37,016
and she's an Empire artist now.
382
00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:40,687
You thieving bitch.
And you fell for this, Treasure?
383
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,690
All money is not
good money, okay?
384
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,458
You are worth more
than some advance
385
00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:47,093
this snake could offer you.
386
00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,029
All they are going to do
is pair you
387
00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,932
with half-assed producers
with no beats
388
00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:55,202
who don't know who you are.
389
00:18:55,235 --> 00:18:56,679
Look, guys,
I'm not signing with Empire
390
00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:58,104
because of the sales pitch.
391
00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,207
You told me yourself, Cookie,
392
00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,609
you said, "Don't be afraid
of real success."
393
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,977
And, look, I'm sorry.
394
00:19:05,011 --> 00:19:07,314
Making music in your living room
was really cute,
395
00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:11,017
but Empire just has
the resources to make me a star.
396
00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:13,886
That company is being run
by a tech dude
397
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,556
who knows nothing about music,
398
00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:18,791
and neither
does this dried-up bird.
399
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,827
Don't forget,
we're the ones that built.
400
00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:22,829
Empire from the ground up.
401
00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:24,864
We know how to make stars,
402
00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,367
and we also know how
to tear 'em out of the sky.
403
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,811
Remember that little contract
you signed with us?
404
00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,970
We're gonna sue your ass.
405
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,148
If you do that I'm gonna pull
you into years of litigation,
406
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,142
legal fees... both of which
we know you don't have the time
407
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,279
or the resources to handle.
Do you really want to do that?
408
00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:42,749
Look, I will write you
a check for all...
409
00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:44,617
Keep your check, bitch.
410
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,056
Come on, baby.
411
00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:53,586
Sounding good, babe.
412
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:04,564
Kai, my family needs me.
413
00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,499
They do, I know.
414
00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,968
I know.
415
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,803
I just...
I need to stay in New York
416
00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:12,805
for a few months.
417
00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:14,774
- Months.
- Yeah, but listen.
418
00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:17,677
You know, I would,
I would expect...
419
00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:20,647
Or I would hope...
420
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,816
You know, that you'd
stay here with me.
421
00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:26,586
I thought we both had a-a life
and careers in London?
422
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:27,987
We do, we do.
423
00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:32,592
London's home, you know?
424
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,427
I'm not trying
to mess with that.
425
00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:35,862
I don't want you to, either.
426
00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:37,830
So while you're helping
your family here,
427
00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:39,265
what do you propose I do?
428
00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,601
Babe, what do you always do?
Work.
429
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,536
Come on, you got, like,
a million and one
430
00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,838
journalist friends
here in New York.
431
00:21:45,872 --> 00:21:48,875
Invite them to brunch or drinks.
432
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:50,343
You know, just...
433
00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:56,115
A few months?
434
00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,284
That means three.
435
00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,886
- Not four.
- Not four.
436
00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,821
- Maybe two.
- Three.
437
00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:05,525
- All right.
- Thank you.
438
00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:09,295
Laboratory edition,
signature series torque wrench,
439
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:13,132
the kind used by Caltech
high-energy physicists
440
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,701
and NASA engineers.
441
00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:17,537
Well, in that case,
442
00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:19,906
how could you be sure
that's accurate?
443
00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:22,208
Because a split-second...
444
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:24,343
What did I say about popping off
without permission?
445
00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:26,312
Yo, Gusto. Gusto.
446
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,657
- Mind your damn business.
- Okay, let's talk business then.
447
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:31,684
Okay? Leave Quincy alone and-and
448
00:22:31,718 --> 00:22:34,320
when I'm out of here,
you got everything in my locker.
449
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:35,422
Everything?
450
00:22:35,455 --> 00:22:37,023
Even my burner phone.
451
00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,928
Okay. Okay.
452
00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:43,830
Here's my counteroffer.
453
00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:46,399
I take everything
in your locker,
454
00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,067
including your phone.
455
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,737
I take princess here
until I'm done with him
456
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:52,705
and I do it while
you still in here.
457
00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:54,206
That work for you?
458
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,909
Hey, no. Hey, move.
459
00:22:56,943 --> 00:23:00,547
- Now.
- Let's go.
460
00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,248
Keep it moving.
461
00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:05,384
Dead-on balls accurate?
462
00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:09,355
Somebody's
463
00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:10,623
listening to my calls.
464
00:23:10,657 --> 00:23:12,134
I have to tell Juanita
about running up
465
00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:15,227
this damn electricity bill.
466
00:23:15,261 --> 00:23:18,397
I wanted to slap the yellow
467
00:23:18,431 --> 00:23:21,067
off of Giselle's ass.
468
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,869
Knock them green eyes
469
00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:24,571
right to the back of her head.
470
00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,706
You probably would've,
471
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:28,074
if your feet wasn't killing you.
472
00:23:28,107 --> 00:23:29,476
Give them to me.
473
00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:31,778
So now what, Cook?
474
00:23:31,811 --> 00:23:34,714
It's just you and me, kid.
Back to square one.
475
00:23:39,852 --> 00:23:41,821
Baby.
476
00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:43,923
It's my old office.
477
00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:46,626
Answer it.
478
00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,130
Yeah, who this?
479
00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:53,600
It's Kingsley.
480
00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:55,668
- What?
- Kingsley. He wants to meet.
481
00:23:57,336 --> 00:23:59,438
Hey, well, hold on.
Slow down, man.
482
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:01,107
First, why?
483
00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:10,583
Cookie.
484
00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:12,919
Lucious.
485
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:14,453
So glad you came.
486
00:24:14,487 --> 00:24:17,423
Took the liberty
of ordering for you.
487
00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:20,059
Well, you left out
the watermelon.
488
00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:26,365
Probably wondering why
I asked you to meet me here.
489
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:28,300
It better not be to gloat
490
00:24:28,334 --> 00:24:31,203
because Empire stole Treasure
from up under our noses, Jeff.
491
00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:32,304
My apologies.
492
00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:34,273
Giselle acted unilaterally.
493
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,008
And please, call me Kingsley.
494
00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:37,043
My friends do.
495
00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:38,511
I'm not your friend.
496
00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:40,012
Why should we believe you, Jeff?
497
00:24:40,046 --> 00:24:42,682
Because I respect you both,
which is why we're here,
498
00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:45,718
a place that's symbolic
of my plans for Empire.
499
00:24:45,752 --> 00:24:47,654
Hey, you know,
based on your background...
500
00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:51,624
I mean, a Boy Scout,
prep schools,
501
00:24:51,658 --> 00:24:53,669
sold your first app while
you were still at Stanford.
502
00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:57,530
And then you became
Kelly Patel's Littlefinger.
503
00:24:57,564 --> 00:25:00,332
Nothing in that resume suggests
504
00:25:00,366 --> 00:25:03,502
that you have a hint
of what it takes to make plans
505
00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:05,404
for my Empire.
506
00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,975
I want to take Empire
back to its roots.
507
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,477
Eddie Barker... rest in peace...
508
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,312
He messed up
when he cut you out.
509
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,548
Look, as long as
an outsider has the keys,
510
00:25:15,582 --> 00:25:18,317
hell could freeze over.
We ain't never coming back.
511
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:21,220
Home. That's what it is,
your home.
512
00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:23,522
You built the place.
513
00:25:23,556 --> 00:25:25,524
A couple of hard-knock kids
from North Philly
514
00:25:25,558 --> 00:25:29,028
start a little label
and conquer the music business?
515
00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:31,330
But that's not what's
most important to you.
516
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,934
And you think you know
what's important to us.
517
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:37,770
Family.
518
00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:39,939
Every family
519
00:25:39,972 --> 00:25:42,709
needs a matriarch
and a patriarch.
520
00:25:42,742 --> 00:25:45,444
I'm offering you
521
00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:46,879
chairman and chairwoman
emeritus.
522
00:25:46,913 --> 00:25:48,581
What do you mean, a figurehead?
523
00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:49,749
I'll cut you a check
524
00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:51,450
to come to a few key events,
525
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:53,519
shake a few shareholder hands.
526
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:55,888
Best of all, your face back
on the Empire logo, Lucious,
527
00:25:55,922 --> 00:25:58,090
where it belongs.
528
00:25:58,124 --> 00:26:01,393
Cookie...
529
00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:02,795
Lucious...
530
00:26:02,829 --> 00:26:04,897
please come home.
531
00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:22,114
I swear I take a drink
every single time
532
00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:24,050
Bryson has to remind me
that he's Kai's ex.
533
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,952
Okay, well, we'll get you
a second glass.
534
00:26:25,985 --> 00:26:28,454
Just remember you're here
to get your man a job
535
00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:30,565
in New York City so we can
keep having brunch like this.
536
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,091
- You're right.
- Also, didn't you say
537
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:33,769
that you was gonna let me listen
to some new music?
538
00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:35,628
'Cause I feel like
you said that.
539
00:26:35,662 --> 00:26:37,740
- I ain't never said that. No Empire talk.
- You said...
540
00:26:37,764 --> 00:26:39,842
- Leave me alone.
- You've changed since you came back from London.
541
00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:41,610
It's not like you've taken
any real assignments
542
00:26:41,634 --> 00:26:44,570
- since Jamal domesticated you.
- Man.
543
00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,572
Okay, there you go.
That's not true. Right, babe?
544
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:47,974
My new life with you
is my choice.
545
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:49,676
I'm happy.
546
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:51,077
Yeah, but it's a pity, though.
547
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:53,312
There's a new assignment
out of the New York Bureau.
548
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:54,690
Some child trafficking
in Mogadishu.
549
00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:56,415
Babe, that's amazing.
550
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,685
That's a chance to get to do
some great work with kids
551
00:26:58,718 --> 00:27:01,353
- in third world countries.
- "Third world" is a...
552
00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:02,655
colonialist term.
553
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,190
- A colonizer would know.
- Yeah, man,
554
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:05,992
is there an issue
that we're not...
555
00:27:06,025 --> 00:27:07,526
I-I think he means cut the crap
556
00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:08,837
and don't speak to my man
like that again.
557
00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:10,596
- Yeah, come on.
- Sorry.
558
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,040
- Thank you.
- Maybe I was being a little extra.
559
00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:13,465
I'll stand down.
560
00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:15,101
But I know you, Kai.
561
00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:16,268
You're tempted.
562
00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:19,338
I suppose it depends
on who's shooting.
563
00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:20,973
Me.
564
00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:24,076
Just like old times.
565
00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:45,865
You sure?
566
00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:47,867
Are you gonna
help me out or not?
567
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:50,602
I got you, Dre.
568
00:27:52,705 --> 00:27:56,575
And then I'm looking like,
how come when I said
569
00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:59,245
about staying in New York,
you had to think about it...
570
00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:01,881
Which I understand...
But then, the second that old
571
00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:03,425
what's-his-bitch-ass Bryson
mentions a job or whatever,
572
00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:04,893
then all of a sudden
you're intrigued.
573
00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:06,719
Wait, what are you
trying to say?
574
00:28:06,753 --> 00:28:08,430
I'm saying I want to make sure
that you're intrigued
575
00:28:08,454 --> 00:28:10,656
with staying in New York with me
and not with his ass.
576
00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,159
Wait, wait, hang on.
Are you kidding right now?
577
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:14,703
Let's remember, Jamal,
this whole scenario
578
00:28:14,727 --> 00:28:15,895
was your idea, not mine.
579
00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:18,664
I know your history.
580
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,868
You've been hurt many times
and I'm sorry about that.
581
00:28:21,901 --> 00:28:25,604
But do not let your past
leak into our present, my man.
582
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:26,917
Either you trust me
or you don't.
583
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:33,279
Sir. Sir, you're not
gonna be able to come in.
584
00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:34,881
Yo, my parents birthed
this place, man!
585
00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:36,582
- Sir...
- Y'all gonna let me in.
586
00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:39,118
Up out of here, man. What's up?
587
00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:40,953
- Hakeem.
- Peanut head.
588
00:28:40,987 --> 00:28:42,965
- Hey, babe, tell these rent-a-cops to let me upstairs.
- Gun!
589
00:28:42,989 --> 00:28:45,457
My... What's going on? Stop!
590
00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:47,426
- Get off me, little man!
- Let him go!
591
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,198
What y'all looking at?
592
00:28:52,231 --> 00:28:54,400
Are you drunk?
593
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,535
Come on, you with
the preaching, too?
594
00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:59,438
I miss you.
I'm here to see my kids!
595
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,416
- You're not gonna see your kids.
- Yeah, where my kids at?!
596
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,285
- Touch me one more time and I'll have them.
- All right, little girl.
597
00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:04,386
- Carry your drunk ass up out of here.
- Okay.
598
00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:06,278
Go, now.
599
00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:09,015
- All right, little girl.
- Leave.
600
00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,068
I'm a genius!
601
00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:34,673
From now
on, they'll have to refer to me
602
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:38,077
as Sid, Lord of the Flame.
603
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:40,446
Yo, why you got so much
to say to me lately?
604
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:41,881
You scared you gonna miss me?
605
00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:54,126
Down! Back up! Back up!
Against the wall!
606
00:29:58,230 --> 00:30:00,032
Let's go.
607
00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:17,683
Keem, Tiana called us.
608
00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,320
Boy, let us help you.
609
00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:23,122
- I'm a'ight.
- No, you're not all right,
610
00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:26,725
walking around toting guns and
drinking like they paying you.
611
00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:28,303
- Ain't nobody trying to hear your lecture, man.
- Boy, I will take
612
00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:29,872
- this bottle and bust you...
- Honey, honey,
613
00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:31,330
baby, baby.
614
00:30:33,032 --> 00:30:35,001
Listen, man.
615
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:39,238
I see you, Hakeem.
616
00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:42,008
I know you think that I don't,
617
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:44,510
but I see you.
618
00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:47,746
And I know
exactly what this is about.
619
00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:50,049
- You're afraid right now.
- I ain't scared.
620
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:52,351
You are.
You're afraid that you're not
621
00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:54,820
gonna be as good
as you were before.
622
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:58,757
You think I wasn't scared
every album that I made?
623
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:02,428
Afraid that it wasn't gonna
be as good as the last album?
624
00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:04,830
Afraid that everybody
was gonna think that,
625
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,833
"Hey, Lucious
is some washed-up rapper
626
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:11,403
that had his little 15 minutes
of fame and now it's gone."
627
00:31:13,472 --> 00:31:16,242
You think me and your mama
don't know about loss,
628
00:31:16,275 --> 00:31:18,377
heartache,
629
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:21,180
disappointment and pain?
630
00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,116
Music is all I know.
631
00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,186
Come home.
632
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:29,188
Okay?
633
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:30,689
Co... Just come home.
634
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,724
We'll work it all out.
635
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,997
Just for a couple days, man.
636
00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:42,634
All right, I'm-a grab my stuff.
637
00:31:42,668 --> 00:31:45,004
Okay.
638
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,082
Our family needs us.
639
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,952
We gon' take that Kingsley deal.
640
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,401
- Hey, Miss Juanita.
- Hello. How you doing, sweetie pie?
641
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:16,668
I'm good. How you doing?
642
00:32:16,702 --> 00:32:18,137
See it didn't take much
643
00:32:18,170 --> 00:32:19,905
for your raggedy ass
to settle in.
644
00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,316
I see it didn't take
for you to come here
645
00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:23,009
and get some free breakfast.
646
00:32:23,042 --> 00:32:25,111
Your mother and your father
invited me, stupid.
647
00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,278
Thank you.
648
00:32:26,312 --> 00:32:27,913
You're welcome.
649
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,281
Look, in other news,
650
00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:32,151
I'm-a stay a little while.
651
00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:33,952
Might give me
a chance to, you know,
652
00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:36,088
get you back on track
with your music.
653
00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:37,123
If you down.
654
00:32:37,156 --> 00:32:38,991
Let me think about it.
655
00:32:40,226 --> 00:32:42,661
Think about it.
656
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:43,795
Ma!
657
00:32:43,829 --> 00:32:46,332
It's good to see
my boys laughing
658
00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:47,766
and you snitching.
659
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,537
That mean you feeling better.
660
00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,105
Listen, y'all,
661
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:56,708
um, your mother and I
have made a decision.
662
00:32:56,742 --> 00:33:00,012
We decided we're gonna
go back to Empire.
663
00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:01,213
Y'all, why?
664
00:33:01,247 --> 00:33:02,814
- It don't make no sense.
- Okay,
665
00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:04,526
- look, look, look, boys.
- You already know what I think.
666
00:33:04,550 --> 00:33:08,487
This is the best choice
for this family, okay?
667
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,790
Yeah, now, they're throwing
a little "welcome home"
668
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,860
get-together in the lobby
of Empire later on tonight.
669
00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:16,295
- Thank you, Juanita.
- Thank you.
670
00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:17,972
Me and your mother
thought it would be good
671
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,299
if we go down there
as a family and just
672
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,834
- do it together, as a family.
- Yes.
673
00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:25,237
- Okay?
- We got choices now?
674
00:33:25,271 --> 00:33:26,481
- No, you do not.
- We don't never get no choice.
675
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:29,575
- No, you do not.
- Okay. So it's... Okay.
676
00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:31,877
- Good.
- I guess it is.
677
00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:33,512
Boy, don't you talk back.
678
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:54,366
I have something really
incredible I want to show you.
679
00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:58,204
- There's a lot of new faces.
- Yeah.
680
00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:00,339
I think I'm about
to go make a drink.
681
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,574
- A what?
- I mean a glass of cranberry juice.
682
00:34:06,812 --> 00:34:08,680
I got him. Y'all do your thing.
683
00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,849
I put this thing here
for everybody to see.
684
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,051
Wow, so this is home now?
685
00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:15,121
It's our tribute
to the old days.
686
00:34:15,154 --> 00:34:17,956
The original Lyon throne.
687
00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:20,326
My God, look at us...
We're just some old relics.
688
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:24,696
As long as he
signs the checks, Lucious...
689
00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:25,797
we're fine.
690
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:30,202
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
691
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,446
- I'm sorry.
- No.
692
00:34:40,479 --> 00:34:42,248
No, me too.
693
00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:45,050
Um...
694
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,786
I'm staying in New York, but...
695
00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,988
You're taking the job
with Bryson.
696
00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:51,557
Yeah.
697
00:34:57,263 --> 00:34:58,897
Enjoying your homecoming?
698
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:02,301
To be honest with you,
699
00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:03,735
it's strange, it...
700
00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:05,837
Just, something
feels different around here.
701
00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:07,406
You've outgrown it.
702
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,608
You and Cookie
can focus on your boys
703
00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:11,281
while I take care
of the babysitting here.
704
00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:13,312
- Babysitting?
- Of course.
705
00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:15,314
You and me both know
these artists...
706
00:35:15,347 --> 00:35:16,682
These so-called artists...
707
00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,617
Don't understand
that their true purpose
708
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:20,352
is to contribute
to our bottom line.
709
00:35:21,653 --> 00:35:22,788
They're spoiled.
710
00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:24,456
You're done with all that.
711
00:35:26,325 --> 00:35:28,194
You know,
when I created this place,
712
00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:30,496
I did it because...
713
00:35:30,529 --> 00:35:33,332
I loved the music, and-and...
714
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:35,501
- I loved those babies.
- Yeah?
715
00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:38,170
They are the bottom line
of this place.
716
00:35:38,204 --> 00:35:40,339
They're the purpose behind it.
717
00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:41,940
Now, if you don't
understand that,
718
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,177
how in the world can you and me
be working together?
719
00:35:45,211 --> 00:35:48,146
All these people and press
are here
720
00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,982
so that we can announce
your return.
721
00:35:52,851 --> 00:35:55,153
Okay, here's what's
gonna happen.
722
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:59,958
Not only are you
and sweet Cookie
723
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:02,228
going to accept my terms,
724
00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:05,331
but you're going to do it with
big-ass smiles on your faces.
725
00:36:09,201 --> 00:36:10,536
And if I don't?
726
00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:12,838
I'm gonna walk out there
727
00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:15,374
and announce that the Lyons...
728
00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:18,744
The big, scary Lyons...
729
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,746
Are broke.
730
00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:23,148
They're old.
731
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,284
And they're done.
732
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:31,189
Choice is yours.
733
00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:37,729
Ladies and gentlemen,
734
00:36:37,763 --> 00:36:40,932
tonight, we are
introducing to you.
735
00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:44,002
Empire's latest
musical discovery,
736
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,437
Treasure!
737
00:37:22,107 --> 00:37:23,174
Are you talking to me?
738
00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:26,144
Girl, please.
739
00:38:16,562 --> 00:38:19,264
Treasure is about to be
the jewel in Empire's crown.
740
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:21,166
Patel's gonna know
he made a mistake,
741
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:23,101
and that I can do something
that you can't do.
742
00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,012
He also knows that you went
behind my back to sign her
743
00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:26,938
- just to one-up me.
- One-up you?
744
00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:30,008
Jeff, I work my ass off.
745
00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:33,011
I deserve the CEO job
that you stole from me.
746
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:36,482
You can't even spell A&R,
let alone explain what it means.
747
00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:38,283
You know what, smarty pants?
748
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,519
You're nothing but
a Backstreet Boy with a laptop.
749
00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:43,054
- That's what you think of me?
- That's what I know.
750
00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:46,024
I'm not going anywhere, Giselle.
751
00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:47,969
There is a place for you
here at Empire if you want it.
752
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,695
Please. What, as your groupie?
753
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:50,996
As my right hand.
754
00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:55,501
I won't beg.
755
00:38:55,534 --> 00:38:57,202
Take some time.
756
00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:58,713
Think about if you want
to stay or go.
757
00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:19,825
Treasure, ladies and gentlemen!
758
00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:21,860
Treasure! Let's hear it!
759
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:23,929
Fantastic.
760
00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:25,497
Congratulations. Well done.
761
00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:28,900
A new voice that we are
very proud to welcome
762
00:39:28,934 --> 00:39:31,503
to the Empire family.
763
00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaking of family...
764
00:39:33,472 --> 00:39:35,173
let's welcome the Lyons.
765
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:36,542
Welcome them home!
766
00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:53,291
Lucious Lyon,
767
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,126
come on up.
768
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:02,000
Where is he?
769
00:40:03,669 --> 00:40:05,103
There he go!
770
00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:06,271
There's the man.
771
00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:19,384
Wow. How y'all doing? Um...
772
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,663
Hey, you know what, let-let me
get my family up on this stage.
773
00:40:21,687 --> 00:40:25,557
Um, I'm Lucious,
but I'm nothing without Cookie
774
00:40:25,591 --> 00:40:28,259
and Jamal and Hakeem,
and even though Andre
775
00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:30,896
can't be with us here tonight
on this joyous occasion...
776
00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:32,809
Come on up, y'all.
Give 'em a round of applause.
777
00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:38,470
Cookie... you trust me, baby?
778
00:40:38,504 --> 00:40:39,571
Yes.
779
00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:41,740
No, honestly.
780
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,975
I said do you trust me, baby?
781
00:40:44,009 --> 00:40:45,252
- What's this about?
- Do you trust me?
782
00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:46,444
- Yes. Yes.
- Okay.
783
00:40:46,478 --> 00:40:47,846
Y'all trust me?
784
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:50,115
All right, I'm gonna
ask everybody,
785
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:51,593
let-let's sit down
and get comfortable
786
00:40:51,617 --> 00:40:53,251
and have a family conversation,
787
00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:54,686
if that's okay.
788
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:58,323
Please. Baby, sit down.
789
00:41:00,325 --> 00:41:02,494
Thank you so much.
790
00:41:02,528 --> 00:41:05,363
Now, I know that you guys
791
00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:07,332
have heard rumors that
792
00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:09,300
the Lyons are broke.
793
00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:11,269
Well, I'm here to tell you
794
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,471
that those aren't rumors.
795
00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:15,240
It's the gospel truth.
796
00:41:16,675 --> 00:41:18,143
We are broke as hell.
797
00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:20,946
We spent every penny we had
798
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:24,215
fighting to get Empire back.
799
00:41:24,249 --> 00:41:25,784
But that's over.
800
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:28,486
Like the Bible said,
there's a time to seek,
801
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,355
and there's a time
to give up as lost.
802
00:41:30,388 --> 00:41:34,192
So we have to think about
moving into the future.
803
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:37,696
And, unfortunately,
this place ain't it.
804
00:41:37,729 --> 00:41:39,464
What?
805
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:43,535
You see, record labels
like this one
806
00:41:43,569 --> 00:41:45,537
are nothing but dinosaurs.
807
00:41:45,571 --> 00:41:48,540
And Jeff Kingsley is nothing
but a number cruncher
808
00:41:48,574 --> 00:41:50,909
who have no respect
for the musicians
809
00:41:50,942 --> 00:41:53,845
or the music that they produce.
810
00:41:53,879 --> 00:41:56,047
What did you call them?
Um, you called them
811
00:41:56,081 --> 00:41:57,649
spoiled babies.
812
00:41:57,683 --> 00:41:58,884
All he wants to do
813
00:41:58,917 --> 00:42:01,486
is take you for whatever he can
814
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,555
for as long as he can.
815
00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:07,425
But I know that the real power
lies in the artist,
816
00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:10,762
because you have
the ability to create.
817
00:42:10,796 --> 00:42:15,734
So I'm going to offer you...
Anyone signed at Empire
818
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:18,236
who don't want some tech nerd
819
00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:19,771
dancing in their video,
820
00:42:19,805 --> 00:42:22,774
who wants to know
their real value in this market
821
00:42:22,808 --> 00:42:25,410
and their real power...
822
00:42:25,443 --> 00:42:27,221
I'm gonna ask you to come
and step up with us,
823
00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:28,379
the Lyons,
824
00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:30,749
and let us walk you
into the future
825
00:42:30,782 --> 00:42:34,085
with our brand-new management
company and production company,
826
00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:36,454
where we're going to
put you first
827
00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:39,057
and you first and you first,
828
00:42:39,090 --> 00:42:41,793
and your music first.
We're out of here.
829
00:42:41,827 --> 00:42:44,963
Come on, baby.
830
00:42:44,996 --> 00:42:45,964
We good?
831
00:42:45,997 --> 00:42:48,199
We're better than good.
832
00:42:48,233 --> 00:42:49,801
Amen.
833
00:42:51,937 --> 00:42:53,772
You're making a mistake,
Lucious.
834
00:42:53,805 --> 00:42:55,641
But it feels so right.
835
00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:18,096
Um... the limo's out front.
836
00:43:18,129 --> 00:43:19,169
Who you want to ride with?
837
00:43:19,197 --> 00:43:21,066
I'm riding alone, man.
838
00:43:21,099 --> 00:43:22,600
Okay.
839
00:43:22,634 --> 00:43:24,402
Are you kidding me?
840
00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:25,680
This is a funeral.
The man's grieving.
841
00:43:25,704 --> 00:43:27,105
We understand that,
842
00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:28,640
but we need to talk to him.
843
00:43:28,674 --> 00:43:30,375
Now.
844
00:44:11,016 --> 00:44:12,984
Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH.
845
00:44:15,053 --> 00:44:17,188
Now that Empire
has you all fired up,
846
00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:19,524
here are a few more shows
to check out from Fox.
847
00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:23,261
Buckle up, buttercup.
848
00:44:25,596 --> 00:44:27,966
It's real, and it pulls
people together.
849
00:44:35,173 --> 00:44:36,174
Touchdown!
850
00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:50,856
That sounds like fun.
61272
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