Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Power Book III: Raising Kanan, or simply Raising Kanan is an American crime drama television series created by Sascha Penn that premiered on July 18, 2021, on Starz. It is a standalone prequel and second spin-off to Power.
The third season premiered on December 1, 2023. In November 2023, ahead of the third season premiere, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 7, 2025. On March 27, 2024, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season.
Premise
Set in the 1990s, Raising Kanan chronicles the early years of Kanan Stark, as he gets into the drug game as he helps his mom's growing drug business.Cast and characters
Main
- Mekai Curtis as Kanan Stark, Raq's son
- Patina Miller as Raquel "Raq" Thomas, Kanan's mother; one of two major drug lords of Queens
- London Brown as Marvin Thomas, Jukebox's father and Kanan's uncle. He is Raq and Lou's older brother
- Malcolm Mays as Louis "Lou-Lou" Thomas, Kanan's uncle. He is Raq and Marvin's younger brother
- Joey Bada$$ as Kadeem "Unique" Mathis, Raq's rival drug lord and later love interest
- Hailey Kilgore as LaVerne "Jukebox" Thomas, Kanan's cousin and Marvin's daughter
- Shanley Caswell as Shannon Burke
- Toby Sandeman as Symphony Bosket, Raq's boyfriend
- Lovie Simone as Davina Harrison, Kanan's girlfriend
- Omar Epps as Malcolm Howard, NYPD Detective and Kanan's biological father
- Antonio Ortiz as Shawn 'Famous' Figueroa, Kanan's best friend and aspiring rapper
- Grantham Coleman as Ronnie Mathis, Unique's stoic and ruthless older brother, who was recently released from prison
Recurring
- AnnaLynne McCord as Toni Deep
- Natalee Linez as Jessica Figueroa, Famous' manager and sister and Lou's ex-girlfriend
- Ade Chike Torbert as Scrappy, one of Raq's most trusted soldiers
- Annabelle Zasowski as Nicole Bingham, Jukebox's girlfriend
- Quincy Brown as Crown Camacho, record label owner/producer of Bulletproof Records
- John Clay III as Worrell, Unique's right-hand man
- Terence Archie as Andre Barnes,The Thomas family's attorney
- Lebrodrick Benson as CJ
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Azumadeen "Deen" Tippet, distributor of the drugs to Unique and Raq.
- Dorothi Fox as Deen's grandmother
- LeToya Luckett as Kenya Pierce, Jukebox's mother and Marvin's ex who left the family to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles
- Omar Dorsey as Cartier "Duns" Fareed
- Krystal Joy Brown as Renée Timmons
- Danny Mastrogiorgio as Jimmy
- Paulina Singer as Zisa, Lou's new aspiring singer
- Michael Rispoli as Sal Boselli, Mafia Don of NJ
- Paloma Guzman as Detective Regina Foyle
- KJ Smith as Palomar, Corinne's mother & Kanan's ex-lover
- Josephine Lawrence as Corinne, Palomar's daughter & Kanan's love interest
- Chyna Layne as Andrea, Howard's ex-lover
- Tony Danza as Stefano Marchetti
- Wendell Pierce as Ishmael "Snaps" Henry
- Erika Woods as Stephanie 'Pop' Henry
- Liv Symone as Iesha Jukebox's former bandmate in the group Butta
- Aliyah Turner as Krystal, Kanan's latest lover and mother of his unborn child and Jukebox's former bandmate in the group Butta
- Lev Gorn as Detective Arthur Ogden
- Sibongile Mlambo as Imani Okoye
- Paul Ben-Victor as Phil Russo