FOX tv Announces New Guest Star Listing In Season 2 Of "EMPIRE"

Chris Rock, Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz

The castings were announced at a FOX presentation in New York on Monday the 11th of May.
Fox Television Group co-chairman and co-CEO Dana Walden made the announcement at the presentation. Character information for the trio of guest stars was not immediately available.

The series, created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, was a breakout hit for the network this year, starting out  with its January premiere and rising for several weeks after that. It’s March season finale drew 16.7 million total viewers.

“Empire,” which counts Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson among its stars, tells the story of  a hip-hop music and entertainment company .


The show welcomed some other guest stars during its first season which featured: Snoop Dogg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Raven-Symone, Mary J. Blige and Patti LaBelle.

Though Kravitz and Keys are known primarily for their musical accomplishments, both do have acting credits under their belts, with Kravitz appearing in  “The Hunger Games”  and Keys appearing in  “The Nanny Diaries”