“POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN” AIRS SUNDAY

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PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF

“POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN” AIRS SUNDAY 

 

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STARZ DEBUTS “POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN” ORIGINAL SONG “STREETS NEED A BODY” BY ANTONIO ORTIZ AND HAILEY KILGORE, PRODUCED BY SEAN C C 

 

EPISODE 109 - “LOYAL TO THE END” 

Airdate: September 19, 2021 at 8pm ET/PT on STARZ

Written by: Matt K. Turner 

Directed by: Bart Wenrich 

 

As Marvin seeks revenge, Raq turns to Kanan for assistance only he can provide. 

 

“STREETS NEED A BODY”

Additionally, "Streets Need A Body," a Power Book III: Raising Kanan original song, is now available to stream on Spotify and for purchase on Apple. Performed by series stars Antonio Ortiz and Hailey Kilgore, and produced by Sean C, this song originally debuted during episode 106 in the first season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. 

 

 About HAILEY KILGORE

Jukebox 

Tony and Grammy nominee Hailey Kilgore blasted onto the scene in 2018 making her Broadway debut as "Ti Moune" in the Broadway revival of Once On This Island. Opening to amazing reviews, The Happy Valley Oregon native landed the role after an international search.  She was a student at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy at the time of her audition. Hailey is currently a series regular on Starz's Power Book III Prequel: RAISING KANAN. Other television credits include AMAZING STORIES for Apple + and THE VILLAGE for NBC. On the feature front, Hailey will next be seen in Liesl Tommy's feature film RESPECT opposite Jennifer Hudson, where she will play Aretha Franklin's sister Carolyn Franklin. Hailey currently resides in New York City and is represented by A3 and One Entertainment.

 

About ANTONIO ORTIZ

Shawn “Famous” Figueroa

Antonio is thrilled to be a part of Starz’s “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” which begins production on season 2 this month. Ortiz can be seen in Radha Blank’s independent feature 40-Year-Old Version which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix.  He made his film debut starring opposite Mark Webber in Morgan J. Freeman's Just Like The Son and went on to work in films including Illegal Tender, produced by John Singleton, Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux,  Nicole Holofcencer’s The Land Of Steady Habits, and Olivia Newman’s First Match.  On the small screen, he recurred on the Hulu series “High Fidelity,” HBO’s “Mrs. Fletcher,” Netflix’s “Orange Is The New Black,” USA’s “The Sinner,” CBS’s “Blue Bloods,” and Ted Danson schooled him in the MOW Kights Of The South Bronx.

 

About “POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN”

Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, “Raising Kanan” is a prequel to the original Power franchise. It is a sprawling family drama that revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark; Ghost and Tommy’s mentor, partner, and adversary, who ultimately dies in a hail of gunfire in the eighth episode of Power’s penultimate season. When we catch up with Kanan here, though, he is the fifteen-year-old only child of Raquel “Raq” Thomas, a cocaine distributor with an emerging network of dealers across the city. Much like the original Power, Raising Kanan explores themes of identity, violence, and legacy, but it is also a deep dive into the very pathology of family; the unique, complicated, and fraught dynamic between parent and child, mother and father, brother and sister. In an increasingly fractious world, family often feels like the only refuge from all the divisiveness and discord, and yet, at the same time, we often discover that it is those closest to us who betray us and our values most. The first season of Raising Kanan is an exploration of these betrayals, the secrets, and lies that accompany them, and the ways in which they fester, metastasize, and ultimately erupt.

 

Cast includes Tony^© Award Winner Patina Miller (“Madam Secretary;” The Hunger Games Franchise) as Raquel Thomas, Kanan’s queen pin mother, MeKai Curtis plays the titular character of Kanan Stark, the cast also includes Omar Epps (“House,” Love and Basketball) as Detective Malcolm Howard, London Brown (“Ballers”) as Marvin Thomas, Malcolm Mays (“Them,” “Snowfall”) as Louis “Lou-Lou” Thomas, Tony^© and Grammy^© Award Nominee Hailey Kilgore as Jukebox, star of the Oscar^© winning short Two Distant Strangers, Joey Bada$$ as Unique, Toby Sandeman (“The Royals”) as Symphony Bosket, Shanley Caswell (The Conjuring) as Detective Shannon Burke, Lovie Simone (The Craft: Legacy) as Davina Harrison and Quincy Brown (Dope) as Crown Camacho.

 

Sascha Penn serves as creator and showrunner and is executive producing alongside Courtney A. Kemp and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The “Power” Universe series are executive produced by “Power” creator and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp through her production company End of Episode and through her overall deal with Lionsgate Television, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM. End of Episode’s Chris Selak and Danielle De Jesus, Shana Stein, and Bart Wenrich continue executive producing.

 

“Power Book III: Raising Kanan” airs on Sundays at 8PM ET/PT on STARZ and streams on the STARZ app

  

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