Kiandra Richardson

Cookie discovers an artist with raw talent whom Lucious dismissed years ago. Lucious spends a day in the city with Yana. Tracy finds evidence that incriminates Lucious. Giselle runs into an old friend.

Cookie confronts Damon about why he lied to her. Andre is forced to deal with an unforeseen family complication. Becky and Giselle try to get the star power they need from their first Bossy Media artist. Tiana helps Devon find his sound.

Candace and Carol take Cookie on a girls' trip to Miami. Lucious deals with self-reflection. Andre makes a bold decision regarding Treasure's upcoming album. Giselle goes behind Becky's back to find Tiana a new audience.

After realising music is her real first love, Cookie makes moves to get back into the music world. Lucious tries to regain control of Empire by sabotaging Andre's vision for the company.

Two years have passed, and the Lyons have yet to reclaim Empire. The family has experienced unimagined tragedies and now must join forces to rebuild from scratch.

Lucious continues to run Empire and discovers some of Andre's business missteps by way of Kelly Patel. Cookie tries to relaunch BossyFest but is met with obstacles from the ASAs. Hakeem and Maya's unlikely partnership proves to be beneficial.