I love the TV show Empire. I love that it is a musical drama because there are so few of those. 
I've actually never seen it before
It began on January 7, 2015 on the Fox network. Lee Daniels and Danny Strong created it. 
That's pretty damn recent, honestly.
Yes, but it is extremely popular. It is about a hip hop music and entertainment business called Empire Entertainment. The people who founded it fight for control. 
Sounds pretty good, I'll have to check it out.
It is set in Chicago. Hip Hop is very popular and was made in the 1970s. A lot of people enjoy seeing a show about it. 
Oh yeah, it was huge back then.
People are not sure where the word even came from. They dispute the origins. 
Wait really? That's interesting!