Published on August 25th, 2022 | by Darren Paltrowitz
0Ade Chike Torbert On “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” Future Career Plans, Dancing & More
Set in the early 1990’s, the third series in the Power Universe tells the origin story of fan favorite character, “Kanan Stark,” and follows his coming of age in South Jamaica, Queens. Raised by a single mother, who ruthlessly runs the family’s emerging criminal empire, Kanan charts out a path through some of the city’s most volatile streets while, at the same time, navigating his way through adolescence, which has its own dangers and pitfalls. Raising Kanan stars MeKai Curtis as “Kanan” and Tony Award winner Patina Miller (Hunger Games) as his mother Raquel “Raq” Thomas.
As we enter our second season, Raquel “Raq” Thomas has gained control over the city’s drug trade, but her son is slipping away. After being whisked out of the city for his own safety at the end of season one, Kanan Stark returns to Queens uncertain of his future with the family business. Meanwhile, a secret about his mother and neighborhood antagonist, Detective Malcolm Howard, threatens to upend everything Kanan thought he knew about himself and his family. The cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan also includes Ade Chike Torbert, Omar Epps, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Hailey Kilgore, Joey Bada$$, Shanley Caswell, Antonio Ortiz and Shawn “Famous” Figueroa.
On August 18, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ade Chike Torbert — who plays “Scrappy” — via Zoom, as embedded below. More Power Book III: Raising Kanan can be found here, here and here.