This flashback continues once Jamal performs Good Enoughto an audience. Lucious chases after him in anger for dressing that way, and Cookie attempts to stop him. Meanwhile, a flashback depicts Jamal dressing in heels and shows it to his family downstairs. Jamal, unsure of releasing an album, feels distant from his father. When Lucious calls him to arrive at the record company, Lucious claims that his sexuality is a choice. It is evident that Jamal's relationship with his father is tense. Cookie views Jamal as "different," but shows her acceptance of him regardless. A flashback shows Jamal visiting his mother in jail as a child. When Cookie surprisingly visits Jamal's apartment, he is shocked, especially since Cookie doesn't know about his relationship with his boyfriend, Michael. He refuses to be involved in the music industry because of it. However, Jamal, revealed to be gay, doubts that he will be chosen prior to their relationship and the African-American homophobia in the community. Meanwhile, he and his brothers arrive at their father's house as their father announces that he will be choosing a successor among them to take over his father's place as CEO of Empire Entertainment. Lucious announces that both Jamal and Hakeem will be releasing albums this year. Jamal is introduced playing piano while performing Live In The Moment, alongside his brother, Hakeem.
Jamal had released a self-titled album nearly ten years ago, at age 18, however it did not have wide commercial success outside of Williamsburg or Berkeley. His mother, Cookie, stood up for him, but after her incarceration, he grew up without her for 17 years, during which his father often abused him in an attempt to toughen him up to "make him into a man". Jamal had shown signs of being effeminate when he was a child, and was thrown in the trash by his father, who did not want a son like that. He is portrayed by actor Jussie Smollett, and he first appears in " Pilot". He was also the interim CEO while his father was incarcerated. Lucious named him as his successor in the season one finale " Who I Am", and promoted him to Vice-Chairman of Empire Entertainment. He is one of the sons of Lucious and Cookie Lyon, the younger paternal half-brother of Jeffery Kingsley, the younger brother of Andre Lyon, the older brother Hakeem Lyon, and the uncle of Bella and Prince Lyon. Jamal Lyon was a main character in Empire. Artist, former Vice-Chairman & former Interim CEO of Empire Entertainment
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