Empire: BIATTW (Nicki X Rihanna X Beyonce)

011. business as usual?

Tuesday | May 1st 2015 |
Los Angeles, CA

Beyoncé:

I looked down at my laptop screen going through all the emails I'd missed over the weekend. It was hard being the CEO and president of your own company, but I wanted everything ran through me.l so that it could be done right.

I worked my ass off to get to this point and I'd be damned if I was letting anybody take it from me. So I was always on top of my game.

I was involved in everything from our artist to our stylist. Engineers, producers, branding, marketing, I had my hand in all of it.

That's why Flawless was one of the fastest growing record labels in the last fifteen years.

Our lineup was pretty amazing too, and it was all female empowerment, all the time. Now I didn't discriminate against men, but I believed in the power of us women.

So we only signed female artist. I was looking at the complete roster email from Kelly currently. We were always looking for new talent, but I was preparing the touring schedule for the year so it was good to see who we had.

To: beyoncegknowles94@flawlessent.net
From: kellyrowland211@flawlessent.net
Cc: onikamaraj128@flawlessent.net

Subject: Flawless Records 2015 Complete Roster

Beyoncé
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Solange (Soulo)
Jhene Aiko
Kehlani
Sevyn Streeter
Teyana Taylor
Lauren "Keke" Palmer
Young M.A
Freida Gatz
Dej Loaf

We had a good line up. Nicki signed most of the hip hop talent, occasionally a singer or two. Kelly was my other ear to the streets.

She signed a lot of raw talent. Discovering YouTube sensations and all that good stuff. My cousin had a nitch for discovering superstars.

"Miss Knowles?" I heard my secretary buzz.

I clicked the red button on the phone. "Yes Candace."

"I have a Mr. Carter on the line, he says the owner of the 40/40 club in New York. Are you available to talk?"

I scrunched up my face. I didn't remember meeting any owner of any clubs while we were in New York. I was too busy trying to keep things civil between Robyn and Onika.

One minute they hated each other, the next minute they loved each other, the next next minute they were fucking.

"Put him through." I say adjusting my headset on my ear.

"Beyoncé speaking." I answer, my southern accent strong in my greeting.

"Miss Beyoncé, nice to speak to you instead of just watching you from across the room." He says, his tone slick.

I smirk a little. "I had no idea, so Mr. Carter-"

He cut me off. "Call me Shawn."

"Well...Shawn, my assistant told me you owned the 40/40 night club in New York. And apparently you were there watching me?" I questioned.