Lucious Lyon is the king of hip-hop. 
An immensely talented artist, the CEO of Empire Entertainment and a former street thug, 
his reign has been unchallenged for years. 
But all that changes, when he learns he has a disease that is going to render him crippled 
and incapacitated in a matter of three years. 
The clock is ticking, and he must groom one of his three sons to take over his crowning 
achievement, without destroying his already fractured family