I am about to watch it 'cos the trailer had some Freddie overtones.
Its about music and setting an empire in music industry but the protagonist is apparenlty ill and has only 3 years of life.
His son is gay facing homophobia in the black community and that's the reason he may not be the pick for the Empire's main singer and talelt.
But the thing that got me is the studio scene (2:25) with the " sing it like you are going die tomorrow"
Here is the trailer link