Hakeem Lyon

Hakeem Lyon is a main character in the television series, Empire. He is the youngest son of Lucious and Cookie Lyon, brother to Andre and Jamal, and the father of Bella Lyon.

He is a rap artist, who is signed to his father's label, Empire Entertainment, and is also signed to his and his mother's label, Lyon Dynasty.  

With his former flame Camilla's help, he became the CEO of Empire, and used his newfound wealth and power to purchase Lyon Dynasty. His tenure as CEO was short lived, however, as he was shown to be incompetent and was effectively voted out of power. 

Hakeem is portrayed by actor and rapper, Bryshere Y. Gray.

Biography

Born to Lucious Lyon and Cookie Lyon; he is the youngest of three sons, including Jamal and Andre. He and his mother have an estranged relationship; when Hakeem was a baby, Cookie was sent to jail for 17 years. Hakeem grew up in the spotlight because his father's rap career was just taking off as he was born. Because of their father's work ethic and their mother's incarceration, Hakeem and his brothers had a caregiver, Dottie, who died a few years after. As of now, Hakeem vies for his father's throne as the CEO of Empire, and his musical talents may be the catalyst to his success.

Personality

Hakeem is spoiled, carefree and arrogant in everything he does. He knows he's rich, wealthy, handsome, stylish and everything revolves around him, However he is appears to be quite good-hearted and have his heart in the right place. His father is very easy on Hakeem due to his music talent and lets him do anything he wants which is why he is so spoiled. He was most likely to inherit Empire which he has shown to have much interest in however he wants to earn it. Hakeem has shown much distaste to people calling him a "daddy's boy", who believe Hakeem hasn't earned anything he has, and was given everything by Lucious. Hakeem also has issues with him growing up without a mother, which has caused him to be romantically fixated with older women and even calling them "Ma" or "Mama" in bed.