While the two don't interact much they have each back as seen when they came together to help Hakeem overcome being kidnapped.Hakeem was very upset after Lucious chooses Jamal as his successor. As Cookie and Lucious' oldest son, without musical talent, Andre doesn't think that Lucious will give him the opportunity to lead Empire Entertainment. In the episode "Rise By Sin", a conflict ensues between Lucious and Jamal as Lucious walks in on Jamal and D-Money in the studio which infuriates him and ends with Lucious saying that he will celebrate the day that Jamal contracts AIDS and dies. Jamal has tried appealing to his father who always shuts him down causing a loathsome relationship between the two. 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. Lucious confesses that he is actually Lola's father but before Reg can react, Malcolm, head of security for Empire Entertainment, shoots Reg in the head.Ryan Morgan is a cutting edge filmmaker Lucious hires to create his documentary and film Empire's White Party. Smollett revealed that he formed a bond with Daniels and felt that because the character is loosely based on Lee Daniels own life, "whoever was going to play Jamal had to be able to bond with Lee because at the end of the day, Jamal is so close to Lee's heart that you had to tell it the way that he was truthful." 'The investigation took a turn by mid-February, when police released two brothers connected to the incident and began looking into the possibility that the actor had orchestrated the attack. Ryan advises Jamal to separate himself from his father to see what the world is like minus Lucious.In Empire's mid-season finale Lucious states, "Ain't that a bitch" after he finds out that him and Jamal have both been nominated for American Sound Awards. In order to prepare for his baptism he comes clean about arranging the stick up.
Jim Nabors, who played the lovable and bumbling Gomer Pyle on 'The Andy Griffith Show' and later on the spinoff sitcom 'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,' has died at the age of 87.That August, attorney Dan K. Webb was appointed as a special prosecutor to reexamine the Smollett investigation and the decision to have the charges dropped.
'On March 7, a Cook County grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against Smollett, the charges related to false statements given over two sets of interviews with police.John Goodman is an actor best known for his role as Dan Connor on the hit sitcom 'Roseanne,' for which he was nominated for several Emmys. "Andre Lyon is Jamal's older brother. While Lucious has improved he still has work to do when it comes to accepting Jamal's sexual orientation.