A source close to the show’s production team told Team Curtains exclusively that the ‘I Just Wanna‘ singer has been ushered in to join the Lyons family as a young musical prodigy from Chicago whose gold-digging mother claims he is none other than Lucious’ son.
The storyline will centre on his mother’s plans to use him to get what is rightfully his and the drama that comes when Cookie learns of the threat he may pose to her sons and their company.
According to our source the mother will make an Alexis Carrington style entry to the series mid-season and that LisaRaye McCoy is being considered for the role. We were told that the series recently put out a casting call to find a child to play a younger version of Elijah’s character, so we did a bit of digging for ourselves, and we found this casting call which confirmed their news: Empire’ Season 2 Speaking Role Casting Call for Kid Actors. Apparently, Empire’s co-creator Danny Strong is also keen to have Elijah collaborate on original songs for the show after hearing his debut album ‘Shadows & Diamonds,’ which is due later this month, on June 23rd.
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This is literally turning into a Black Dynasty. 
The majority of the appearances of major acts were cameos and nothing more. They may be overdoing it with these major acts appearing on every show, but Lisa Raye is completely D-list, even in the black community. I don't really see her as a Naomi Campbell or even Raven Symoné.
She is not a very good actress and I feel like she is always playing the same character.