I love the TV show Empire. I love that it is a musical drama because there are so few of those. 
I've actually never seen it before
It began on January 7, 2015 on the Fox network. Lee Daniels and Danny Strong created it. 
That's pretty damn recent, honestly.
Empire (2015 TV series)
Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox. It is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. Although it is filmed in Chicago, the show is set in New York. The series centers on the fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of it. 
The pilot was shown to
List of Empire characters
"Empire" is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015 on Fox. Although filmed in Chicago, the show is based in New York City and it centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
Main characters.
- Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard (original cast), 2015–present)