Terrence Howard on 'Empire': Hip-Hop Success Comes With 'A Great Deal of Issues' — billboard.com

Lee Daniels' new hip-hop drama Empire premieres Wednesday night (Jan. 7) on Fox, and with a high-caliber list of contributors it has piqued interest across film, TV and music. Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson fill the starring roles of a former drug dealer-turned-hip-hop mogul and CEO of Empire Entertainment and his ex-wife recently out of prison in the music-heavy soap opera, which will showcase a cast of artists new to the mainstream, boosted by Timbaland's production. 

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