After having a blockbuster first season, Fox?s hip-hop drama??Empire? is returning for it’s second season with the addition a quite a few high powered celebrities.

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Director Lee Daniels offered a sneak peek of the first day of shooting and revealed that comedian/actor Chris Rock will be featured in the first episode.

Season 2’s first episode with be a glimpse into Lucious Lyon’s prison time and reportedly Rock will star as someone?from Lyon?s past who is also a prisoner in the same jail.

Both actors were dressed in orange jumpsuits for shooting at Chicago?s Cook County Juvenile Detention Center yesterday and they were also captured in a video snippet, stating:

?My first day was incredible, I worked with the great?Terrence Howard,[and] the great?Lee Daniels,? the??Top Five??director and star said.??Terence punched him in the stomach by accident.?

?I don?t know if it was an accident, he does have a reputation,? Rock joked, touching a little too close to home regarding Howard?s past.

Singer Tank is also shown in a few of the sneak peek photos taken from the set.

Check out photos + video Daniels shared from Empire Season 2’s first day of shooting below… Continue Reading…