Could Anyone From 'Empire' Really Make It in the Music Business in 2015?

Sit down, Elle Dallas.

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Although I share Justin Charity’s sentiments about the Empire soundtrack, based on the sales projections [Editor's Note: Since the writing of this piece, this happened.], the fish fry I went to ’bout a week ago, and audience members of The Wendy Williams Show, no one gives a damn about our thoughts and feelings about how awful much of the music on the show is. Very much like the other FOX musical-based drama before it, Glee, with great success comes the opportunity to jump on the money train heading straight for the Billboard charts. Now, just because the chance is there doesn’t mean it will happen—see copies of Lea Michele’s album collecting dust at a store near you—but it does beg the question, “Who on this show could really make a way in real life?”

I’m here to answer.

Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem, and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him @youngsinick.

Terrence Howard, a.k.a. Lucious Lyon

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Bryshere Gray, a.k.a. Hakeem Lyon

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Jussie Smollett, a.k.a. Jamal Lyon

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Taraji P. Henson, a.k.a. Cookie Lyon

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Courtney Love, a.k.a. Elle Dallas

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Serayah McNeill, a.k.a. Tiana Brown

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