The latest installment of 50 Cent's (née Curtis Jackson) Power saga, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, centers on the origin story of the rapper's character Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis). The Starz series dives deep into how Kanan became the infamous drug dealer he is today by taking us back to when Kanan was 15 years old and living in Queens, NY. Given that 50 Cent serves as both an executive producer and narrator of the series, you might be wondering how much of the prequel is actually true.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan is loosely based on 50 Cent's childhood. In order to make Kanan's story as believable as possible, the rapper pulled from his own personal experiences growing up in the New York City borough. In the premiere episode, we see a young Kanan running home to his mother, Raquel "Raq" Thomas (Patina Miller), after he gets beaten up by a...
Power Book III: Raising Kanan is loosely based on 50 Cent's childhood. In order to make Kanan's story as believable as possible, the rapper pulled from his own personal experiences growing up in the New York City borough. In the premiere episode, we see a young Kanan running home to his mother, Raquel "Raq" Thomas (Patina Miller), after he gets beaten up by a...
- 7/20/2021
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
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