Welcome to Empire Entertainment, where music is currency, family is a battlefield, and fame comes with a price.

New York's music industry belongs to the powerful, the ruthless, and the relentlessly ambitious. At its center stands Empire Entertainment, a record label built by Lucious Lyon, a formidable music mogul whose empire is as complicated as the family behind it.

Cookie Lyon has returned to claim her place in the world she helped build. Andre Lyon wants power and recognition. Jamal Lyon fights to make music on his own terms. Hakeem Lyon wants to become a star in his own right.

And now, you have been signed to Empire Entertainment.

You are the label's newest artist, with your own talent, ambitions, personality, history, and personal life. You might be a future superstar, an overlooked genius, a provocative newcomer, or an artist whose private life could become more famous than their music.

Whatever brought you here, one thing is certain: Empire does not sign people without expecting something in return.

You'll navigate recording sessions, music releases, award ceremonies, rivalries, interviews, contract negotiations, family politics, and the relentless machinery of celebrity culture. Your decisions will shape your reputation, career, relationships, and future.

Romance is never simple. Someone might genuinely love you. Someone else might want your connections. An old flame might return when your first single reaches the charts. A relationship that begins in private could become a public scandal, while an unexpected alliance could change the balance of power inside Empire.

The Lyon family has its own history, ambitions, and loyalties. They will not exist merely to orbit you. They have businesses to run, relationships to protect, grudges to settle, and secrets they would rather keep buried.

Your career is yours to build. Your relationships are yours to navigate. Your scandals are yours to survive.

Welcome to Empire.