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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Sascha Penn |
Based on | Power created by Courtney A. Kemp |
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Narrated by | 50 Cent |
Opening theme | "Part of the Game" by 50 Cent and NLE Choppa |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 31 |
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Running time | 50–60 minutes |
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Network | Starz |
Release | July 18, 2021 – present |
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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. [1] It is a standalone prequel and second spin-off to Power .
The third season premiered on December 1, 2023. [2] In November 2023, ahead of the third season premiere, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 7, 2025. [3] [4] On March 27, 2024, the series was renewed for a fifth season. [5]
Set in the 1990s, Raising Kanan chronicles the early years of Kanan Stark (the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson), as he gets into the drug game as he helps his mom's growing drug business.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Back in the Day" | Rob Hardy | Sascha Penn | July 18, 2021 | 0.438 [24] |
2 | 2 | "Reaping and Sowing" | Mario Van Peebles | Bashir Gavriel & Sascha Penn | July 25, 2021 | 0.392 [25] |
3 | 3 | "Stick and Move" | Lisa Leone | Josef Sawyer | August 1, 2021 | 0.307 [26] |
4 | 4 | "Don't Sleep" | Hernan Otaño | Santa Sierra | August 8, 2021 | 0.378 [27] |
5 | 5 | "Choose Your Battles" | Eif Rivera | Mike Flynn | August 15, 2021 | 0.386 [28] |
6 | 6 | "Level Up" | Kieron Hawkes | Dylan C. Brown | August 29, 2021 | 0.348 [29] |
7 | 7 | "Stay in Your Lane" | Lisa Leone | Nina Manni | September 5, 2021 | 0.270 [30] |
8 | 8 | "The Cost of Business" | Hernan Otaño | Tash Gray | September 12, 2021 | 0.418 [31] |
9 | 9 | "Loyal to the End" | Bart Wenrich | Matt K. Turner | September 19, 2021 | 0.486 [32] |
10 | 10 | "Paid in Full" | Rob Hardy | Kevin Fox | September 26, 2021 | 0.458 [33] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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11 | 1 | "The More Things Change" | Mario Van Peebles | Sascha Penn | August 14, 2022 | 0.345 [34] |
12 | 2 | "Mind Your Business" | Eif Rivera | Santa Sierra | August 21, 2022 | 0.269 [35] |
13 | 3 | "Sleeping Dogs" | Shana Stein | Nina Manni | August 28, 2022 | 0.232 [36] |
14 | 4 | "Pay the Toll" | Monty DeGraff | Dylan C. Brown | September 4, 2022 | 0.211 [37] |
15 | 5 | "What Happens in the Catskills" | Hernán Otaño | Tash Gray | September 11, 2022 | 0.206 [38] |
16 | 6 | "It's a Business, Man" | Bart Wenrich | Mike Flynn | September 18, 2022 | 0.213 [39] |
17 | 7 | "No Love Lost" | Joy T. Lane | Josef Sawyer | October 2, 2022 | 0.220 [40] |
18 | 8 | "A House Is Not a Home" | Stacey Muhammad & Monty DeGraff | Matt K. Turner | October 9, 2022 | 0.235 [41] |
19 | 9 | "Anti-Trust" | Erica Watson | Kevin Fox | October 16, 2022 | 0.210 [42] |
20 | 10 | "If Y'Dont Know, Now Y'Know" | Rob Hardy | Sascha Penn & Naja Rayne | October 23, 2022 | 0.273 [43] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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21 | 1 | "Home Sweet Home" | Rob Hardy | Sascha Penn | December 1, 2023 | 0.199 [44] |
22 | 2 | "Flipmode" | Brendan Walsh | Dylan C. Brown | December 8, 2023 | 0.190 [44] |
23 | 3 | "Open for Business" | Bobby Kennedy | Michael M. Chang | December 15, 2023 | 0.215 [44] |
24 | 4 | "In Sheep's Clothing" | Monty DeGraff | Santa Sierra | December 22, 2023 | 0.233 [44] |
25 | 5 | "Brothers and Keepers" | Joy T. Lane | Naja Rayne | December 29, 2023 | 0.236 [44] |
26 | 6 | "Into the Darkness" | Cierra 'Shooter' Glaude | Nina Manni | January 12, 2024 | 0.217 [44] |
27 | 7 | "Where All Are Guilty" | Sascha Penn | Brian Walker | January 19, 2024 | 0.256 [44] |
28 | 8 | "Reckonings" | Dawn Wilkinson, Monty DeGraff & Sascha Penn | Tash Gray | January 26, 2024 | 0.202 [44] |
29 | 9 | "Home to Roost" | Monty DeGraff | Kevin Fox | February 2, 2024 | 0.321 [44] |
30 | 10 | "Made You Look" | Eif Rivera | Sascha Penn & Albert Minnis | February 9, 2024 | 0.239 [44] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [45] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [46] | US viewers (millions) |
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31 | 1 | "Gangstas Don't Die" | Mario Van Peebles | Sascha Penn & Albert Minnis | March 7, 2025 | TBD |
The series was first announced in February 2020. [47] On July 12, 2021, Starz renewed the series for a second season ahead of its premiere. [48] The second season premiered on August 14, 2022. [49] On August 11, 2022, ahead of its second season premiere, Starz renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on December 1, 2023. [50] On November 28, 2023, ahead of its third season premiere, Starz renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on March 7, 2025. [3] [51] On March 27, 2024, Starz renewed the series for a fifth season. [52]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 9.3/10, based on 6 critic reviews. [53]