Lucious Realises That His 3 Sons Don’t Know They’re Black | Season 3 Ep. 3 | EMPIRE

[@arlainastarks0503]

I think Andre was mad because he’s the oldest so he struggled with them. Getting out of the hood was a dream he had also.

[@pyro_77ygh24]

I don't blame him

[@TERRELL_GASKINS]

Exactly when you grow up with no scars your blinded by the corruptions of this world and the struggles that come with it

[@kristenduru6360]

And that's what cookie and lou not understanding that he was old enough to know what was going on and to witness it all. Jamal was young but afraid and keem was an infant.

[@spacebar9733]

My sister and I grew up in the hood (East Palo Alto), and left when I turned five or six, she’s exactly two years younger than me so she doesn’t remember anything about it either. I always ask her do you remember when, and I realize she doesn’t have anywhere near the same childhood as me. edited to say palo alto not pablo lol

[@zaraliata]

Dis a movie yall...not real!!!

[@prettynerd4779]

" I thought the problem was you were bi-polar, you were gay, and your just spoiled"... ☠☠☠☠

[@quietstorm7684]

Dang

[@adajourbanks5618]

Pressure

[@kn0wr3zz]

He was right first time

[@mrlaybackvevo264]

Emotional Damage😂😂

[@joseyeastwood]

I have three boys and i would never say something like that to them but we are talking about Lucius Lyon.

[@angiealas6199]

Andre’s “open the door”, you can tell he just got fed up with Lucious belittling and minimizing his pain.

[@jonathancasais6491]

He was there and remembers all that still man his dream was getting out that too. Shit he watched Lucious build Empire from literally nothing, even hid a gun for his ass when cops came in the spot once it's some bs for him to hear

[@CatEyedGoddess]

Triggered

[@davidtakaji5716]

@@jonathancasais6491 ??

[@Adaobi874]

​@@jonathancasais6491Exactly

[@FabalociousDee]

Lucious' message is tainted by his egotistical, self-aggrandising BS. When he was abusing Jamal for being gay & Hakeem was just a baby, it was Andre who had to grow up quick in order to help cover up Lucious' dirty deeds. Andre was there from the start. He didn't forget shit.

[@shanel4294]

This!!! because there is truth in the message with class and privilege and race but his motives and overall personality make it seem like he’s trying to belittle his sons instead of teach em

[@juntaudeh2395]

@@shanel4294 I feel like this message would've come better if it was coming from Cookie, their mother.

[@zacharyrogerssr9331]

Yall have to stop letting your feelings dictate the context of the message. Anyone can read a Bible but not everyone can interpret its means.

[@c.johnson1789]

@@zacharyrogerssr9331 If the Bible was covered in piss and shit, why would anyone pick it up?

[@juntaudeh2395]

@JayyToso Why? I didn't say that they were wrong or right. Like from their perspective in the show the boys would've received the message better if it came from their mother

[@rsg-ow8nm]

Daaang i wish you caught that last part when Lucious said to Hakeem "Well aren't you gonna follow your sisters"? 🤣🤣🤣 I still remember that.

[@yackeem4442]

Lmaoooooo bro

[@ArianaArmani_]

LMAOOO

[@anertakf7218]

Oh snap!

[@digitalcurrents]

So did Hakeem stay and ask for McDonalds on the way back home?

[@prettynerd4779]

@@digitalcurrents No, Hakeem is funny he said he wasn't getting out, he told the driver he was heading to the studio with the Original Black man and pointed to Lucious.. ROFL

[@kellharris2491]

I have seen some criticism of this but luscious is right. When you are rich you don't realize how the world really is because you have money to skate your way through it.

[@trevorlewis7642]

Every hill has it's blind spots ❤️

[@exudeku]

Rich by birth and rich by work is different.

[@mla4186]

@@exudeku 👈 BOOM what this person said👍

[@8MoneyIzmyMission8]

@Exu yep. Have yall seen over the last few years how these black celebs (really this is the first generation where there are a lot of black celebs) have grown up kids that are spoiled and want their parents to keep providing for them? Only in the last 30-40 years have black people really made a sliver in the American Dream Pie, and just like any other race or ethnicity, their kids end up spoiled. 9-10 times it is the black male who is building the wealth, so their women; black, white, Hispanic, Asian, etc, have to teach these kids better. They have to keep these kids grounded. Some accomplish it, many others...

[@trevorlewis7642]

@@8MoneyIzmyMission8 A lot of the "Human Race" is simply just playing catch up. Takes decades for the lessons to embroider themselves into a society. Why we gotta keep talking to each other, trade stories, etc.

[@julianbryantjb]

He had to let them know how privileged the world is for the rich. Andre got hassled by cops trying to get in his home by a cop, and not neighbor came to his defense, that is real. People will use you, smile in your face, try to use authority to humiliate you, then shoot you and claim self defense. He is trying to teach them think several moves ahead like in chess.

[@isaacmchugh917]

Didn’t have to bring up his wife tho . He’s back wether he’s in the hood or not. Stereotypes define us if you let thrm

[@AnimeZone247]

@@isaacmchugh917 you kno how many times we been fucked over by the govt. we could of been somethin but our economic wealth kept starting over. One example highways. Govt purposely put expressways through our neighborhoods, that destroyed them. We had black own banks, businesses, etc. we was thriving until that happened. Black ppl got displaced from homes through eminent domain and did not get paid appropriately. Don’t let it define but don’t forget where you stand in the govt eyes and the obstacles you have to go through

[@TheRazorTongue]

@@AnimeZone247 every time Black people have made gains there has been a substantial backlash. During Reconstruction we had more politicians than any other time period. Response the Red Summer, Black Codes, poll taxes, and the rise of the KKK. Civil Rights movement was followed by Drugs flooding our streets. Election of Obama, rise of hate groups and the election of Trump. Election of Biden, new voting laws. The only thing the people who enact these terrible policies want from Black people is cheap labor and compliant behavior. And that’s what they’ve wanted from us since day one. The end goal of these racist policies is to achieve these ends. The Founders of this nation modeled themselves after ancient Greco-Roman culture. They imagined White people to be the elite and all other groups to be various forms of the lower classes. Blacks were to be the underclass doing all the menial tasks they deemed beneath them but necessary. Their gift to the underclass would be that they imagined themselves to be paternal overlords handling things the leaders could not. Excellence and independence contradict this fantasy and forces them to know that the plight is artificially is induced destroying their personal justifications.

[@tiger751]

@@TheRazorTongue excellent take my brother, keep that mindset, you'll fly high

[@denzelstephen266]

@@AnimeZone247 excuses nigga. Mom came into this country (legally) just so I could be born a US citizen, had nothing but a friends place to stay with a growing child. Its 2022 and we outta the hood with 2 properties lookin at another one in upstate NY and im gonna graduate college 2nd in my family. The truth of the matter is whatever is holding you back in America, it sure aint the color of your skin. Its a complex issue that deals with culture, socioeconomics, psychology all dat. What we need is more black entrepreneurs, not government aid. You can't rely on the government

[@fandomenthusiast9187]

I think this was unfair for Lucious to say to Andre. Hakeem, yeah, and maybe Jamal, but Andre grew up in the hood and wasn't sheltered. There was that scene where the cops tried to bust Lucious and Andre hid the gun in his Lego box and lied to the cops with a straight face. He had to learn young how to be ruthless/mature. Andre had every right to be pissed at Lucious.

[@goldenstar_1007]

Hakeem has the audacity to open his 👄 and say we never lived here.

[@poundtrader1414]

he didn't know, he was too young to remember

[@AA-ji2my]

@stryfetc1 nah Hakeem was spoiled asf dude wanted a Buggati for his birthday lol

[@gummy5862]

@@AA-ji2my You see how him being described as “spoiled” can really only fall back on lucious? By whom was he spoiled by? The whole concept of rich men teaching their spoiled kids a lesson when they’ve grown up and can’t do shit is irritating because who brought them up that way?

[@bigmecca1007]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@darealistmynizzle3421]

😂😂😂😂

[@STTPlan]

Lol they got mad when he said they didn’t know they were black

[@revertedrf978]

i mean one if half black lmao, and luscious the actor himself in real life is also half black

[@SMTS1159]

It must’ve been a hard realization especially bc as Black people we think money is the greatest equalizer; when in turn what people see outside is more of what matters

[@chingchingchingching2064]

@@revertedrf978 I swear there is always that one person smh

[@Princegy4ng1]

Terrence Howard's parents are also biracial

[@aiden8834]

Thank you Captain Obvious we couldn't see that

[@jemimahmaticha]

I always come here for that priceless reaction when Lucious says,"you don't know you're black!" Cracks me up all the time.

[@karenmwamba7529]

Ive watched it so many times too it cracks me up.

[@tyresmith9833]

Lucious was so evil in the first three seasons. He was something else...

[@Ang417]

Right!!

[@ashleyturner6748]

Not really but wateva

[@tyresmith9833]

@@ashleyturner6748 he was evil.

[@ashleyturner6748]

@@tyresmith9833 ok that your opinion but in my opinion I don't think he wasn't but I am not finna agure with you

[@carlin_agyei]

Should have stayed that way. Seasons after were terrible

[@radiogirlnelo]

Terrence Howard is such a fantastic actor...

[@user-oe2ov7du8l]

Yes he is

[@thesexyskywalker3283]

It's the wise black man vibe. Like Denzel 😂

[@ertfgghhhh]

He isnt acting. That is really him

[@annalisefelix6154]

love, love love thus dude... and kookie❤️❤️❤️yep he like Denzil Washington💕

[@juliamiller3946]

He was a big part of why I watched Empire in the first place….he is a fantastic actor

[@qbgodsangel101]

They really sent Andre out there in his pointy-toed shoes (cackles in black )

[@devJOE-Man]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sbrooks729]

2:58 I felt Andre’s pain, and to top it off, they never even buried Rhonda!

[@BeardlessYouth]

Hakeems inner thoughts *i ain’t goin out there*

[@jaqdup7076]

I think u right😂

[@asteriashekupe]

You’re right 😂😂😂😂

[@zacharyrogerssr9331]

They made him so boujee in the show 😭

[@barbiquearea]

"Eyes up its Jamal" Must be two Nigerian brothers

[@Joe-mz6ez]

LOL!

[@e.6322]

LMAO

[@ruthlessxo99]

lmaooo

[@ofthecaribbean]

They left the van before Lucious could tell them their old hood was MAGA country

[@jayslickss8034]

@David Edosomwan I swear he did. Cause he wasn't on the show at all anymore after that.

[@chickennuggets5180]

Hakeem silver spoon ass wasn’t getting up😭🤣🤣

[@MBison-vm6gq]

'Y'all don't know you're black' 🤣🤣🤣

[@phillippearson9994]

So I was today years old when I realized this is the extended version of hustle and flow 😭😭😭😂

[@shihoblade]

Lmao dam. Thats all people were talking about when they show dropped.

[@TheMOVIEMANIAC13]

@@shihoblade remember the memes 😂

[@Rioyuh]

Omg wait …

[@itsjoshane3013]

" this whole time , I thought the problem was , that you were bipolar , and you were gay "

[@mochaexclusive8223]

And you were just spoiled

[@90syungin51]

Dre played tf out of this role

[@royaltypoetry1533]

Heard what he said no matter how many white lawyers, wives, or white people you be around you still black.

[@diamondtimes1171]

Always true

[@heiseili9279]

I hope we can see a country and world that's truly fair before we die.

[@royaltypoetry1533]

lol, that won't happen.

[@Bunny2319b]

@@heiseili9279 with how things are? Racism is literally everywhere. No matter how many POC blame white people for their problems and pretend that racism only exist ‘cause of Caucasians. When in reality, EVERYONE is contributing in diving instead of accepting each other & learning to move on from the past.

[@eaqua56]

What does being black mean?

[@pontiacGXPfan]

This is some of T-Howard's best performance right here

[@joshabraham6715]

The irony is that Andre said that he didn’t want to be like Lucious and turned up being just like him and even worse

[@miracleace8157]

First born son shit.

[@nfspbarrister5681]

@@miracleace8157 first born. Of any genders. Parents often being parents to the rest of the children than the first born. The first born knows the darkside of any parents.

[@miracleace8157]

@@nfspbarrister5681 true

[@kyleskendle6452]

Not worse

[@xnortheast1106]

​@@kyleskendle6452yes worse

[@SoundwaveSurfing]

Jussie sitting there like “If you don’t experience any you can just make it up!”

[@tammybenaytv4631]

🤣🤣🤣

[@PR1M3TlM3]

Lucious sure gave them words of wisdom, they just too egotistic and prideful to listen and learn from it

[@ArianaArmani_]

Nah, he was an asshole about it

[@JUSTLJ_]

@@ArianaArmani_ No he wasn’t. They grown ass men

[@UnclePyro21]

@@JUSTLJ_ lol the dudes wife is dead there is 0 reason he couldn’t phrase it better though I agree w the sentiment. He was definitely an asshole about it though

[@SMTS1159]

@stryfetc1 as a parent he did everything he could to shield them. That’s a natural reaction when you come from the hood; because you don’t want your kids to feel a certain way. You think Snoop’s kids or Dr Dre’s kids have ever been back to the hood or can relate to Black people in the hood? No. Because the privilege that they’ve built for their children is based off of the traumas they’ve succumbed to in their past lives.

[@royaltypoetry1533]

@@UnclePyro21 true words. No matter how many whites you be around you still black. Remember that and don't think for a second you not a hashtag away from it because you do.

[@mr.marbles4707]

I stop watching this show after season 1, however the father was speaking the truth.

[@Proj3ctX1]

I feel like Andre didn’t forget. I just think it’s him trying so hard not to be like his dad.

[@tattoodrdoke]

I love this clip. I didn't watch the show but love the clip. Parent works hard to advance their position in life, then some guilt trips their kids into why their live was never as hard as theirs. There are other ways to teach appreciation and hunger. There is nothing wrong with advancing your position, and being black is not solely about having to struggle. Racism exists, and most people can relate to that, but not every black person has had it break them or prevent them from being successful. So this whole narrative of how much we must understand the poverty that is suppose to come with being black is just a self limited stereotype that no-one should buy into unless it something that drives your hunger to be successful.

[@dillongooding8664]

is it possible to be racist towards white people

[@coolobruh]

@@dillongooding8664 go into the hood and find out.

[@kelzreallife8293]

@@dillongooding8664 yes it is

[@dillongooding8664]

@@coolobruh what is a hood I’m in england

[@docej3025]

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH THE STRUGGLE IS BLACK! NOTHING REPLACES COMING UP OUT OF THAT! IT'S LIKE THE BUTTERFLY'S STRUGGLE TO FREE ITSELF FROM THE COCOON. IF YOU HELP IT OUT, THE WINGS DON'T GET THE WORK OUT THEY NEED TO GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO FLY AND THE BUTTERFLY DIES. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT ONE HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LESSER ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT; HOWEVER, THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE CHARACTER, AWARENESS AND FORTITUDE THAT IS INSTILLED IN BLACK PEOPLE WHO EXCEL AND LEAVE THE STRUGGLE ENVIRONMENT TO SUCCEED OUTSIDE OF THAT EXPERIENCE THAT IS SORELY LACKING IN THOSE WHO ONLY READ ABOUT IT OR HEAR ABOUT IT IN RAP SONGS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT OSMOSIS CAN'T SATISFY NO MATTER HOW VICARIOUSLY ONE ATTEMPTS TO LIVE THE "BLACK EXPERIENCE" OF CHAMPIONS IN THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! SN: NOT YOUR JOURNEY? NO... YOU'RE NOT "LESS BLACK." JUST CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH SO MISS ME WITH THE BS! I DON'T READ THE REPLIES. MY SACRED GREY MATTER IS VALUABLE AND YOU DON'T GET TO INHABIT IT!

[@temisanpopo8036]

being authenticaly black is not being poor... I'm Andre in this scene.

[@Unchaise]

@@mizkaponi4853 yeah, I was about to write the same thing. His speech conveyed that, noting that once you step outside of a rich neighborhood you're just another black person

[@grav8241]

the message is that to be successful and black you have to move different. thats why everybody on will smith ass for acting a fool slapping chris rock in front of millions of people and all them rich people in that room. as a normal black person one mistake like that will cost you everything.

[@mirellalastar]

Mmm that was not the point.

[@y3llowpersuasionz18]

Yea don’t spoil your kids, they get arrogant af

[@isaacmchugh917]

Not always 💯

[@elleMerci_bey]

It’s a shame Trai was never nominated for an Emmy.

[@georgeb890]

Whos trai

[@XxAverageG]

@@georgeb890 the dude that plays Andre

[@georgeb890]

@@XxAverageG thx

[@RickyBBlessed]

His acting was phenomenal, especially in the final season as messy as the ending was he gave a fully convincing performance.

[@ferrellkang4954]

2:58 I think that was Bryshere’s REAL reaction.

[@django-warlike4583]

Being the oldest sibling is a gift and curse your there for them and pick everyone else up but no ones there for you or helps you get back up and you get lil to no recognition for it or respect from them

[@peaceweapon1933]

Honestly, this is woke shit done right

[@chin5983]

Fax

[@justinaacorn5721]

Yesss!

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@justinaacorn5721 w

[@JasonWalkerJamaica]

Wise words from Lucious & great acting from all

[@downbeat110]

Theres an old saying: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

[@Axeldiedtimeago]

So Gen Beta will ironically be hard men.

[@faveladarbunch8738]

This is how Jussie Smollet got the idea of faking an hate crime. lol

[@sabrinay9430]

I told my brother once that he was black. I was like you might be light skinned and have white friends and white girlfriends, but that don't mean nothing to that cop who pulling you over. Wise up young brothers.

[@zamariamuse2026]

Lucious would’ve got smacked that day😂😂😂

[@timnesmith5055]

I'm gonna tell my kids this was a scene from succession 🤣🤣

[@WheresTheTuna]

I've never seen this show before but from their reactions being called bipolar, gay, and spoiled he hit the nail right on the head 😂.

[@davidjacksonjr.3840]

Lucious Is Trying To Teaches His Boys a Lesson

[@brandonpotter4915]

Right!!!

[@AgentDigits]

Badly

[@royaltypoetry1533]

@stryfetc1 never too late, you still alive then it's never too late. Black men need to stop thinking like that maybe father's wouldn't think it's too late and run away all damn time.

[@kyleskendle6452]

They know they black tf

[@retromagic5020]

Tbf, I’ve seen worse neighborhoods and Their Behavior ain’t because of the Money, it’s because of the Parents and up bringing.

[@RagingBullNuts]

He said that. “Biggest mistake of my life”.

[@bugatti6030]

I don't want to but I have to admit , Lucious is right , but he was too harsh about it

[@mariebrowne4227]

I love to see the interaction between the three sons how they really stand for each other, one of my favorite scenes was when they were in the elevator, Andre discussing his bipolar. 🙂❤

[@xcaluhbration]

3:47 Suddenly you hear two Nigerians yell, "Hey ain't you that ***** ***** from the TV show?! Somebody grab some bleach and a shoe lace"!

[@cche16]

lucious never should've been a dad. he should've been the one who went to prison. their kids would've been a lot better off being raised by cookie because she loved the unconditionally and showed them affection/care. lucious had a point but how he went about it was so wrong.

[@ronniesmith1378]

@stryfetc1 just how it works.

[@deathcrowzero45]

@stryfetc1 not sure my mom was more terrorfing then my dad I view things differently then what you said but I will accept there's other life experiences

[@alsimmons1650]

It's excatly why there left holding the bag picking unworthy male candidates as the father. These actions have consequences And now the child has to pay for it It's a full circle of irresponsibility.

[@dcmkflylo1603]

@stryfetc1 This is a weird thing to say about the show if you even watched the first episode. Cookie is very easily both.

[@Enel97]

@stryfetc1 my dude you living in 1920 or something?

[@MegaDeathRay10]

Just fake a hate crime, that usually works out.

[@laughoutlouder4184]

"we've never lived here""

[@wrestlethon917]

Yeah we did. You were a baby you don't remember.

[@bigplanner]

@@wrestlethon917 lame af

[@seancasity7538]

Oh so that's the famous french actor I heard about, Juicy Smoilet

[@platstar4268]

Never watched the show thought they were all three blind 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TaraNicole_xo]

There’s a lot of different ways you could of viewed this, but I believe in Lucious.

[@justinhackstadt6677]

"Didn't know they were Black." What a line. Must have took notes from that Dave Chappelle Black blind man episode. That skit was hilarious. 😆

[@alexisk4407]

Why’d you leave your wife ?

[@khadijahabdullah852]

This talk was NEEDED!!!!!! I totally understood exactly what he was saying!!! I told my daughters something very similar cause when you should a child and coddle them into spoilness THEY forget who they are and further forget who you are… and what you did and do for them to have the privileges they experience daily!! Shessssh this was powerful cause these kids ain’t us!! Ijs…

[@MindfulMatters734]

I hear you Ms. Khadijah Abdullah. Every time I get a chance I introduce them to good ol washing the dishes, I made them learn what the baseboards are and had them clean that as part of cleaning the floor. Just a few old school things they should know. I also chose to break the generational curse of my family.

[@guru_basketball_kiero]

Love the passion from Andre here

[@rickrollrizal2747]

This aged well for Jussie Smollet

[@gertrudemilhouse5626]

Damn, he disrespected his dead wife just 2 make his point?

[@timiade8804]

This was a masterpiece 😭😭😭 from start to finish. The writing and acting for this show pre-Juicy Smolliey was first class

[@duchess2412]

Congratulations Juicy… you are now in the system

[@brandonwilcox7411]

This must’ve been where Jussie got jumped lol

[@MayaBishopStan]

Lucious was the perfect dad for these three clowns 🤣🤣🤣😂🤭

[@toddfrench600]

Luscious out here speaking truth...damnnnn

[@0tto9]

A lecture. That's what everyone needs.

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

He's telling them they need to get 'Woke' but he couldn't move them out of that neighborhood fast enough.

[@Fable_7]

I knew the oldest wasn't gonna tolerate that ish.

[@yoloslapss8389]

Lol your tiles are funny dude

[@empireclipss9432]

Yoloslaps I’m trying but thanks 😂

[@AA-ji2my]

@@empireclipss9432 lol too funny keep the clips coming key 🔑

[@lepsikilla6998]

@@empireclipss9432 you should watch power

[@mannishgambino]

Trayvon Martin. Philando Castile. Freddie Gray.

[@tanardflowers8116]

Dis scene was off da chain.... Love Empire

[@Somelikeitthrift]

This was one of the best shows on tv high key lol

[@heygoodbyee]

The title is so fucking funny 😂

[@njc7224]

I need to watch this whole show over again wheres the full episode.

[@TheBenadrylhatdaddy18]

He was so right lolol 😂🤣

[@rolf778]

Not just those who were raised spoiled that can’t understand the hardship, even for people who have been through struggle, sometimes it’s easy to forget how u come all this way.

[@gastonsanda8784]

Nunca cometi otros, mas que lo que ya te mencione. Me muevo por la vida buscando explicaciones y soluciones, no cometiendo crimenes intencionales. Busco desifrar que tan complejo y dificil es el mundo para poder asi realmente ayudar. Por eso hago todo lo que puedo por conocer todo lo mas que puedo. Es dificil de explicar, pero no busco ser un criminal, el problema es que solo asi te pude encontrar. 🥺

[@deroistewart2548]

Damn I came here looking for the part where Lucious looks at Hakeem and asks "ain't you going to follow your sisters?" 😂😂😂😂

[@ashleyturner6748]

I would have thirsty handle my chargers lol

[@melaninawakening9350]

DONTCHU TALK ABOUT MY WHITE WOMAN!!!! Soon as he mentioned it he blew up.

[@destinyjones5711]

Carol did say Cookie’s kids aren’t real , they rich 🤣🤣

[@havingteawiththedevil]

Exactly 😭

[@nobitanobi8888]

How tall is that van though, holy hell

[@dawonfields7360]

Luscious is to much i be so miserable if i was his son dont care it was number 4 or 5 i be so miserable i be very upset all he talks about is money and power over and over again like hes king! this is not the 1500s or the 1600s sir ur not king luscious

[@monikanaholo1195]

He is the King Lucious Lyon, whether you like it or not man 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SMTS1159]

Naw he’s spitting facts though. If we had more Black men willing to be fathers to their kids we wouldn’t have half of issues we have today.

[@danthaman2388]

@@SMTS1159 Well if so many fathers didn’t get taken away from there sons bc they wanted to be big meech we’d have more young black men with a sense of what it means to be a man. But so many people left there sons to fend for themselves. Now we have a bunch of “men” out here being raised by woman that don’t really know what being a man is bc they never seen it.

[@SMTS1159]

@@danthaman2388 That’s part of a problem but it’s still about accountability and poor choices. Being a “father” is more than just being able to have kids. If a man ain’t ready he shouldn’t be having them. Yet we got babies out there making babies and no concept of repercussions.

[@drae408]

Andre did not forget where he is from 3:47

[@KP-05]

This show was amazing when it first started.

[@RiversBliss]

When it first started.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

I didn’t like that they killed Malik in the second season. If you ask me he should’ve stayed through the show. That turned me off.

[@alericaarie2768]

This is some good damn acting 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Prince-qr1te]

In Season 1 he was the laid back tycoon with a dark past he was trying to leave behind. After he went to jail and came back in Season 2, he returned as the Philadelphian gangster with the animal instinct he'd been keeping suppressed back on. Losing his Empire for a brief period in season 2 and the threat of the FEDS being back resulted in my personal favorite iteration of Lucious in season 3. A gangster from West Philly who now again wielded the full power of his billion dollar empire and was unhinged and ruthless in his exercising of that power in the name of his legacy. Season 3 Lucious was a mob boss.

[@AA-ji2my]

Man it’s real life p diddy 50 cent or jayz take your pick 🔑

[@JamesRivers-nd7xg]

@@AA-ji2my goofy 🤣

[@abbysheyba8421]

I see Lucius Lyon and somehow am reminded of Klaus Michaelson. Same aura I guess.

[@failadin1]

Roasted his daddy up.

[@timothykassisieh9701]

Luscious was EXACTLY right to give his kids a REALITY lesson. And Andre is cry crocodile tears and bring his deceased wife into it, grow up and don't be spoiled, because Lord knows how really spoiled kids end up: toxic and despised. Know your morals and ur beginning, not act like you u never lived it.

[@c.johnson1789]

Andre grew up in the hood too. Jamal is old enough to remember living there. And Lucious was a terrible father to all of them, Jamal especially. Hakeem was the only one this lesson applied to, and even then, that’s too little, too late.

[@Sebas-br2ii]

Damn, without context and based solely on the thumbnail, i wouldve guessed it was a funny scene about the sons being blind, not knowing theyre black

[@nowhereman6019]

I thought they were literally blind at first, like in that Dave Chappelle sketch.

[@Sinic818]

That is what I thought too.

[@rustyshakleford5230]

Remember when Juicy tried to deal with the cops in Chicago? I member.

[@nikkimiddlekillsday5161]

He's right, your last name is Lyon not kitten. They don't know struggle

[@jonathandominguez5227]

It's that famous French actor who got jumped by Maga supporters lmfao

[@peterkaye8296]

This is a valuable lesson I hope to share with my kids one day

[@blessedforevermiracle777]

This was awesome 👌

[@stoxx_roxx]

Has a black person I’m embarrassed by the fact that they constantly make us look like victims

[@Huddy52]

As A bLaCk PeRsOn. You are subbed to a channel called paleo con extremist

[@stevenrobinsonmovies]

He's not telling them to be victims, he's telling them to think a few steps ahead in life to realize that regardless of their successes and luxurious lifestyles won't save them from everything. One of the sons in the show was beat by the police and almost killed, the dad is telling them to be smarter and be on survival mode. The sons were being arrogant, loud and putting targets on themselves throughout the whole show just being reckless and he's letting them know they are black and because of that no one is going to go easy on them, the system won't, society won't, he's not saying make everything about their skin color or their race but to be alert that their success won't save them from everything. I mean look at how quick the media and society is so quick to villainize all these wealthy black men and ruin their images and target them. We can all pretend that race doesn't play apart into shit but the truth is, it does. It doesn't play apart into everything but you have to be prepared for the world and society and his kids weren't ready for it. It's like having a gay son, would you not warn your gay child about the negatives of how people get treated for being gay? Would you lie and tell the their special and that everyone cares about them? Because then they experience homophobia then what? Prejudice is alive and well, it's not about teaching being victims it's about teaching survival and having an understanding that not everyone is for them or on their side.

[@stoxx_roxx]

@@Huddy52who ? What is Paleo con I can’t find it

[@hootboon5323]

They should be thankful they aren't like them...it's clearly not a mistake. It's a mistake to go to fatherless communities because of the high risk of overly emotional, envious, violent males and complicit females.

[@brandonwarfield5611]

I think I want to watch this show. The father seems pretty interesting 🤔

[@TheMrbc74]

Juicy needs to watch out for maga’s😂

[@amani7724]

😂😂😂

[@EllenSykes2028]

😂😂😂