article_snippet: The actor, who plays hip-hop recording mogul Lucious Lyon on the series, recently told Entertainment Weekly that's Lucious Lyon's "mad that we don't say n****r  in the show."
article_snippet: And what does the word mean to the "Empire" star?
article_snippet: Oh, it could mean love; sometimes it's a noun; sometimes it's a verb; sometimes it's an adjective; it's all, there's a spirit attached to it, you know," Howard said.
article_snippet: When TMZ asked whether TMZ believed the Fox series should be using the word, TMZ responded, "Naw, you might piss people off.
article_snippet: It's a powerful word," Rambo told TMZ.
highlights_snippet: The actor said The actor'd like to see the word used on The actor series .
  
highlights_snippet: The actor said the word is used commonly in the black community .
  