Yazz Ahmed is a British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer who seeks to blur the lines between jazz, electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage. Her music has been ...

Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz the Greatest” Gray, two of the breakout stars of the hit Fox show “Empire,” took the stage by storm at Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards. The pair performed “You’re So ...

When you set out to make a TV show about a hip hop mogul and his trio of talented sons, it just makes sense to cast a rap artist as, well, a rap artist. Sure, plenty of actors could inhabit the role ...

Hakeem Lyon may be digging himself a hole on Empire, but the young artist who plays him is hotter than ever. However, why does Bryshere Gray go by "Yazz the Greatest"? Is there an origin story here?

Yazz tells EW that he first began performing live when he was just 16 years old on the street outside an H&M in his native Philadelphia. Humble beginnings, to be sure, but his first professional gig ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Action News Jax had the opportunity to speak to Bryshere Gray, better known as Yazz the Greatest, who plays Hakeem on "Empire," at the Black Expo in Jacksonville. Here are three ...

The Lyon brothers have roared onto the cover of Essence Magazine. “Empire” stars Jussie Smollett, Bryshere “Yazz” Gray and Trai Byers, who play Jamal, Hakeem and Andre Lyon respectively, are featured ...

The fictional Lyon brothers of hit TV show Empire, Andre, Jamal and Hakeem are expanding their kingdom this month to now include ESSENCE’s cover with a photoshoot so hot, we needed four (that’s right, ...

The British-Bahraini trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Yazz Ahmed went clear in 2017 with La Saboteuse (Naim). The album is an otherworldly mix of jazz, electronics and Arabic folk music which ...