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Former G.O.O.D. Music rapper Kid Cudi has joined the cast of FOX’s Empire. In the forthcoming third season of the drama, Cudi will be portraying a rival to character Hakeem Lyons. 

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The cast to Fox’s hit series Empire is about to get a little bigger. After making a guest appearance in the finale to season 2, Xzibit took to Instagram to confirm that Leslie “Shyne” Johnson will indeed be a regular in season 3 and continue to be a thorn in Luscious Lyons’ side.

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Lee Daniels had to eat crow to avoid paying $10M. The Empire creator has apologized to Sean Penn—and agreed to donate money to a Haiti relief charity—for basically saying the actor used to beat Madonna.

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Imprisoned Hip-Hop record executive Jimmy Rosemond aka “Jimmy Henchman” is claiming that the government’s star witness in his drug trafficking trial received benefits to testify against him and is now asking for a new trial.

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Well, last night’s episode of Empire was a doozy. Hakeem was getting his Ray J on, Lucious was being an out of pocket instigator, Cookie was spittin’ fire with the one-liners and Camilla was making everyone miserable. 

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Empire is back, and the jokes, and slander, is still flourishing. The mid-season premiere of the FOX drama was last night and the Lyons were up to their usual shenanigans. 

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Those pesky rumors that Trai Byers, who plays Andre Lyon on Empire, would be leaving the show were highly exaggerated. The actor took to Instagram to assert he isn’t leaving the Fox drama anytime soon. 

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Xzibit is bringing his acting talents to Empire. Mr. X To The Z, born Alvin Joiner, will be appearing on the FOX drama as a rival to Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard).

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Vince Staples’ adolescence and all the uninformed opinions that come with it has made the young MC an overnight media darling. The Long Beach, California native’s critically acclaimed debut album, Summertime ’06, only peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard Charts but the candid nature of his interviews has been garnering the burgeoning artist much […]

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Diversity in Hollywood is an ongoing battle, a subject that is currently the hot button issue in the culture.

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Gabourey Sidibe set the Internets on fire when the opening scene of the latest episode of Empire featured her getting humped by a rapper on a rooftop. While there was plenty of support for a big girl getting some loving on television, the peanut gallery of haters was also in full effect. 

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The latest episode of FOX’s Empire was loaded with WTF?! and Are they serious? moments. Things kicked off with Becky getting it in with a future Gospel rapper and it was pretty much lit after that.