Empire Entertainment

Empire Entertainment
Founder(s)	Lucious Lyon Cookie Lyon
CEO	Jeff Kingsley Lucious Lyon (CEO; formerly) Cookie Lyon (co-CEO; formerly) Jamal Lyon (temporarily) Hakeem Lyon (briefly) Andre Lyon (formerly) Eddie Barker (formerly)
CFO	Andre Lyon
Chairman	Leonard Bernstein Vernon Turner † (formerly) Lucious Lyon (formerly) Mimi Whiteman † (formerly) Camilla Marks-Whiteman † (former interim/proxy)

Empire Entertainment ("Empire Enterprises"; NYSE: EMPE) (commonly referred to as "Empire") is a publicly traded company that was founded by Lucious and Cookie Lyon.

Although it is primarily first and foremost a multi-platinum recording label and studio, Empire also has its own fashion line, high-end liquor as well as involvement in sports management, publishing and electronic gaming.

Empire also owns a spin off label, Gutter Life Records, which focuses primarily on artists from the streets who possess a raw talent, hence the name "Gutter Life"; Empire X-Stream (formerly known as SwiftStream), a multi-platform online streaming service; as well as Lyon Dynasty, another spin-off label initially formed by Cookie and Hakeem Lyon as a competitor for Empire.

Employees

Current Employees

• Jeff Kingsley (CEO)
• Becky Williams (former executive assistant to Lucious; promoted to A&R)
• Steve Cho (Member of the Marketing Team)
• Nessa Parker (artist and Member of the Board of Directors)
• Giselle Barker (interim CEO)

Former Employees

• Vernon Turner † (former chairman; deceased)
• Marcus 'Bunkie' Williams † (formerly; assassinated)
• Malcolm DeVeaux (former head of security)
• Mimi Whiteman † (former Chairman and majority shareholder; deceased)
• Camilla Marks-Whiteman † (appointed proxy and interim chairman; deceased)
• Rhonda Lyon (former creative director for Antony & Cleopatra line; deceased)
• Shine Johnson (former record producer and Member of the Board of Directors; deceased)
• Anika Calhoun (former head of A&R and former CEO; deceased)
• Eddie Barker (former CEO; deceased)
• Lucious Lyon (former CEO)
• Cookie Lyon (former CEO)
• Andre Lyon (former CEO)
• Porsha Taylor (former executive assistant)
• Thirsty Rawlings (former legal consultant/in-house attorney)

Artists

Current Artists

187 Kevin Blake Carmen (via Lyon Dynasty) Coagulation Crank Master (signed to Gutter Life Records) Crossfadezz Delphine Elle Dallas Frankie Fly Freda Gatz (via Gutter Life Records) Hi-Fi Hunts Point Blank Trio J. Poppa (via Gutter Life Records) Laura Calleros (via Lyon Dynasty) Lil' Flippa

Lowboy Marisol Martina MC Noize Michelle White Muscle Mouse Nessa Parker P. Busta (via Gutter Life Records) Ratzo Royale-T Tiana Brown (via Lyon Dynasty) Treasure Titan (via Gutter Life Records) Valentina Galindo Wallywowwow

Former Artists

• Black Mythology (former artist; left Empire for Creedmoor)
• Black Rambo (former artist; left Empire due to homophobia)
• Industry (former artist; left Empire for Creedmoor)
• Kidd Fo-Fo (former artist; dropped)
• L'il Cherry (former artist; left Empire for Creedmoor)
• Veronica (former artist; left Empire for Creedmoor)
• Tory Ash (former artist; deceased)
• Jamal Lyon (left for Lyon Family Management
• Hakeem Lyon (left for Lyon Family Management