Jamal causes Twitter firestorm after inheriting “Empire” from Lucious, battle singing, and his family plotting against him #EmpireFOX

Those who have followed “Empire” over the past few weeks have watched the compelling story of Lucious Lyon, portrayed by Terrence Howard. In the opening episodes, it was revealed that Lucious had ALS and three years to live. With this, he put his sons up to battle for his “Empire.”

Empire Entertainment is the company Lucious built and seemingly groomed for Hakeem (Bryshere “Yazz” Gray). But, he didn’t feel his son, Jamal (Jussie Smollett) was fit for the head of the company. Despite his talent, being gay was something Lucious could not get past.

However, as the episodes have winded down, Lucious and Jamal have found common ground and met halfway. Lucious sees a lot of himself in Jamal and they have learned how to be father and son, prompting him to hand Empire Entertainment to his middle son and the family plotting against him and an artist leaving the label, prompting Jamal to battle rap him with a song. The fans on Twitter have reacted in a major way to these shocking turn of events.