83 Facts About Hakeem Lyon

Hakeem Lyon is a fictional character from the original FOX musical drama Empire played by Bryshere Y Gray.

Hakeem Lyon grew up in a Philadelphia ghetto with his father, brothers, his cousin Bunkie Williams, and father's friend Vernon Turner.

Hakeem Lyon was only a baby when his mother was arrested; she was helping his father sell drugs to pay for his music career.

Hakeem Lyon becomes a successful rapper signed to his father's record company, Empire Entertainment.

Hakeem Lyon detests Cookie and repeatedly insults her when she visits him.

Hakeem Lyon's haughtiness reaches new heights when he makes a viral video condemning Barack Obama and insulting white people.

An angry Jamal believes that Hakeem Lyon set him up, and punches him in the stomach.

Hakeem Lyon begins to improve his relationship with Cookie, but she tries to end his relationship with Camilla because she views it as an unhealthy psychological desire to fill the void as a mother that she left behind when she was imprisoned.

Hakeem Lyon goes to church to pray for an improvement in Lucious' condition.

When Hakeem Lyon discovers this, he insults his father during a concert.

An angry and disappointed Lucious punches Hakeem Lyon, finally deeming him unworthy to inherit the company.

Hakeem Lyon tries to sign to Billy Beretti's company, but Jamal coerces Beretti into letting him out of his contract.

Hakeem Lyon then sleeps with Lucious' ex-fiance Anika Calhoun, and he and Andre team with her and his mother to obtain Empire for themselves.

Hakeem Lyon gets jealous of his father's constant praising of Jamal and slashes a painting of Jamal.

Hakeem Lyon later sees the talented singer Laura performing and chooses her to replace Valentina.

Hakeem Lyon realize he really does love Laura and reconciles with her, promising her to really be together.

Later, Hakeem Lyon meets with Lucious at the spot where Lucious killed Bunkie, tells him he really killed his uncle, gives him a gun and gives him two options: kill him or spare him and next time he sees Hakeem Lyon, he'll do his best to kill him.

Hakeem Lyon turns back and urges Hakeem to point the gun to his head and pull the trigger.

Hakeem Lyon puts the gun to his head but throws the gun to the ground and walks away.

Hakeem Lyon manages to get rid of Camilla from Empire but he loses his spot as CEO when Lucious questions his vision at a conference.

Anika tells the Lyons that she is pregnant and that Hakeem is the father.

Hakeem Lyon decides that he wants to be involved in the child's upbringing.

Hakeem Lyon proposes to Laura and they have their wedding on the last episode but Laura ditches Hakeem at the altar when Shyne Johnson, an uninvited guest, starts a fight at the wedding.

In Season 3, Hakeem Lyon drunkenly goes to see Tiana after the failure of his wedding and states that it was always her he loved.

Hakeem Lyon doesn't know that Anika is in the hospital giving birth to his daughter, Bella.

Lucious, angry with Hakeem Lyon's behaviour, puts his name of the certificate as a legal guardian instead of Hakeem Lyon as he is married to Anika.

Hakeem Lyon tries to get over his wedding humiliation by making music but is interrupted by Shyne and his sister, Nessa.

Hakeem Lyon gets involved in a beef with another rapper, Gram, who starts dating Tiana and they kiss in front of a surprised Hakeem during a performance.

Hakeem Lyon responds by recording a diss track to both of them.

Hakeem Lyon begins to develop feelings for Nessa but she is interested in Andre.

Hakeem Lyon eventually finds out about this from Lucious whilst performing with Jamal in his house on Empire XStream, their streaming service.

Hakeem Lyon responds by dissing both Andre and Jamal on the live stream, resulting in a huge argument and setting a feud with Andre.

Hakeem Lyon begins to develop a bond with his daughter, Bella.

Hakeem Lyon celebrates his 21st birthday at Leviticus but it goes wrong when he lets in some strangers who helped him earlier.

Hakeem Lyon goes to Lucious to collect Bella so he can spend the rest of his birthday with her and this pleases Lucious.

Hakeem Lyon introduces Tiana to Bella and they both bond immediately.

Hakeem Lyon follows Anika to the DuBois house and he finds Bella.

Hakeem Lyon is in a relationship with Tiana and raising his daughter, Bella.

Hakeem Lyon gets in a panic and he finds out that Diana DuBois is behind the scheme.

Hakeem Lyon described Lucious as the devil, says he wishes Cookie was still in prison, calls Andre crazy and unstable and expresses unhappiness with Jamal's drug addiction.

Hakeem Lyon later goes to support Jamal, who is nursing a broken heart and they make music together.

Hakeem Lyon tells her that he is aware that when Bella was kidnapped, she knew where she was, making her accessory to the kidnapping and he has the videos as evidence.

Hakeem Lyon makes her sign the papers handing Bella back to him and he tells Anika that the fighting stops now and to never forget that he has the videos.

Hakeem Lyon gets back with Tiana and proposes to her.

Hakeem Lyon was influenced by Eddie Barker, a family friend of the Lyons now turned enemy.

Shyne encourages Hakeem Lyon to be a mentor to other artists and he meets Blake Sterling.

Hakeem Lyon takes him under his wing whilst still being shut out by Tiana.

Hakeem Lyon is given an opportunity to act in a film alongside well known actress, Haven Quinn.

Haven, who was initially hostile to Hakeem Lyon, is impressed by him standing up to the director and makes it clear she likes him.

Hakeem Lyon invites her to an Empire event and they kiss in front of Tiana.

Hakeem Lyon and Blake fall out when Hakeem Lyon learns that Blake's father is a racist and a picture of Blake doing a Nazi salute is shown in public.

Hakeem Lyon goes to Jamal's flat to stay for a bit and he pulls a gun on Jamal's new boyfriend, Kai.

Hakeem Lyon chastises Jamal for abandoning him after he was shot.

When Hakeem Lyon turns up to Empire headquarters drunk, Cookie and Lucious intervene and let Hakeem Lyon stay with them.

Hakeem Lyon writes the lyrics and gives the song to Blake, who agrees to record it.

However, Tiana gets involved on the track and Blake fails to tell her that Hakeem Lyon wrote the track.

Hakeem Lyon is removed from the club and he argues with Tiana.

Andre manages to get through to Hakeem Lyon, saying that he never meant to hurt him or Bella.

Blake responds back with a diss of his own but Hakeem Lyon refuses to bite back, telling his fans that he is concentrating on his kids.

Hakeem Lyon confronts Blake about this but pulls his gun on him when Blake refuses to apologise for his role in the beef.

Tiana is furious with Hakeem Lyon and is about to leave when Bella rushes into the corridor holding Hakeem Lyon's gun towards herself.

Hakeem Lyon is very unhappy when he finds out that Kingsley is his half brother.

Hakeem Lyon is promoted to Creative Director at Empire and during the Empire trust tour he performs a tribute to Andre with Jamal as Andre has cancer.

Hakeem Lyon gets jealous when Tiana takes an interest in Devon but he spends most of his time with his kids.

Hakeem Lyon is mainly seen shooting the film and he is made Godfather of Andre and Teri's son, Walker.

Hakeem Lyon tries to be amicable with this but he then asks Andre to send Devon on tour.

Andre refuses and he speaks to Hakeem Lyon, telling him that when he crashed Andre's CEO speech he saw a grown man who can handle his issues and he needed to find a way to work through them.

Hakeem Lyon takes part in Emipre Raw and shares his truth about his feelings of his son.

Hakeem Lyon goes back to the set and he becomes increasingly unhappy with the script that Lucious has written, eventually causing a scene.

Hakeem Lyon makes an appearance at the ASA's where he sees Tiana.

Hakeem Lyon tells her that he will drop $100,000 from the agreement each day she doesn't sign it.

Hakeem Lyon doesn't want to grind as hard for the things he really wants.

Hakeem Lyon wants to be a boss so bad; he wants to be Jay Z and Kanye, but he doesn't want to work as hard for it.

Hakeem Lyon has the "swagger of a rising superstar" and is favored by Lucious to run the company.

Hakeem Lyon later sought formal training to prepare for the role.

When Hakeem Lyon is hurting, he acts out and usually does things he doesn't mean.

Hakeem Lyon can learn from his mistakes, but he has to make them first.

Hakeem Lyon is the kind of kid that would "want to be president" if he got the chance, despite the fact that he doesn't have the experience; "he wants the glitz and the [glamour]" but he lacks the drive to get there.

Hakeem Lyon knows how good he and Jamal can be together.

Hakeem Lyon feels a sense of "security" in his romance with the much older Camilla Marks, played by Naomi Campbell.

Gray said "Hakeem Lyon is all in his emotions" when he finds out Tiana has a "sidepiece" even though he is seeing Camilla.

Hakeem Lyon's daughter Bella is born and he struggles to be good father even though Luscious has to be the legal father for publicity.

The character of Hakeem Lyon initially received mixed reactions from viewers and critics.