Cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Famous

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 2 has already had several jaw-dropping moments. The ’90s set drama series centers on Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) in his teen years. Kanan has returned home to Queens and his drug queenpin mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller). However, he no longer thinks he has what it takes to be in the drug game.

In addition to examining some of Kanan’s apprehension about who his mother really is and what his family does, some new people are circulating around him. Fans think at least they might be going through him to get to Raq.

Cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Famous
Mekai Curtis as Kanan in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ | Starz

Palomar is a new character in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’

When Sistas’ actorK.J. Smith was the first cast in Raising Kanan, fans were intrigued. “Smith will play Palomar,” Deadline reports. “One of Famous’s new neighbors, Palomar, is a young mom who’s frequently mistaken for her daughter, Corinne’s older sister. Any responsible parent wouldn’t let their daughter within a mile of Kanan, Famous, and their friends, but Palomar is not that parent.”

Now that is a party i would have love to been too if I was 18 again #raisingkanan

— Julian Cannon, The Writer ?? @NYCC (@julianexcalibur) September 5, 2022

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Palomar could cause problems for Raq

We were first introduced to Palamor and Corrine in episode 204. They live in the apartment next to Famous’ (Antonio Ortiz). While most people would be alarmed by teens drinking and partying loudly, Palamar encourages her daughter to join in on the phone.

It’s a bizarre move that immediately raised fans’ radars. Since Corrine immediately gravitated toward Kanan, we can’t help but think she has some sort of ulterior motives with him that would allow her or Palomar to get close to Raq.

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‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ is about nature vs. nurture

From the beginning, creator Sascha Penn had a theme for bringing Kanan’s origin story to the small screen. He wanted to examine nature versus nurture. “[Nature vs. nurture] is fundamental to the story and the tension. I think that’s the question we all sort of ask ourselves as human beings but also as parents,” he told The Koalition. “I think that’s really part of Raquel’s journey. ‘These choices I’m making not just for myself but for my son, what are they going to do to him?’ We know the answer to that, we know that at least they’re going to contribute in some way to whom [Kanan] becomes.”

Now that we know Palomar and Corrinne are set to become central to the story for this season, we will understand how this theme affects both of them.

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Shawn "Famous" Figueroa is a recurring character on the Starz original crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. He is portrayed by Antonio Ortiz.

Shawn is Kanan's charming, funny, and extrovert best friend. A talented aspiring rapper, he protects his sister Jessica and is fiercely loyal to Kanan and the whole Thomas family.

Famous is a central character in Season 1-2.

Biography

Famous was born to an unnamed father and a Puerto Rican mother and has an older sister named Jessica.

Appearances

Season 1

Famous' first appearance is in Back in The Day. He is shown to be a very good friend of Kanan Stark and he is apart of Kanan's crew. Famous is present when D Wiz and Kanan kill Buck Twenty but he did not participate in the kill. He later takes credit for the kill in his song Streets Need a Body.

Season 2

Famous' first appears having a conversation with his sister Jessica about getting back in the studio. Famous insults Jessica by saying that since she is fucking Lou Lou he thought it would advance his career.

Famous also started smoking weed between Paid in Full and The More Things Change.

Famous then appears in the next episode Mind Your Business where he has had sex with a girl, and they are both asleep. Jessica has tried to wake him up but to no avail. Jessica then lets Kanan in and Kanan wakes Famous. Famous tries to get the girl out of the house before his mother gets home but she then arrives. Famous' mom then kicks him out after falsely accusing him of stealing money from her as Famous pleads with her to stay but she walks away. Famous is then shown with Kanan walking asking Kanan if he can stay with Raquel Thomas. Kanan explains to Famous that Raq only wants family in their home. Famous then tells Kanan he could sell his mixtapes to make some money. Famous later sells his mixtapes with Kanan but nobody buys them, the cops then harass Famous and Kanan and dump his mixtapes on the ground. Later when Jessica is preparing to leave for California, she asked Famous not to give up on his music, Famous says that he won't because he started it without Jessica and he will blow up without her, Jessica says that's good because she wants Famous to blow up and they hug before Jessica leaves. Kanan says Jessica is leaving but Famous hilariously says "Who gives a fuck" and walks past his mother after giving her a quick glance.

Famous appears in the next episode Sleeping Dogs where he tells Kanan that Scrappy is dead but Kanan insists that it can't be true. Famous then tells Kanan that Scrappy's entire family came to Raq's house and he then says that Scrap is gone but he says he killed himself not knowing that Raq killed him for allegedly snitching.

Goals

Become a rapper (Succeeded)

Assist Kanan (Succeeded/Ongoing)

Get his own apartment (Succeeded)

Murders committed by Famous

  • Freddy: Shot to death for robbing him and Kanan.

Trivia

  • Shawn created a track called "Streets need a body"
  • Kanan's son Shawn was possibly named after Famous.
  • In the show, the track "Streets need a body" indirectly hints that D-Wiz's dead body will be the body that the streets will claim.
  • It is unknown what happened to Shawn between 2014-2018 (events of season 1-5 of Power) as Kanan is shown to have no childhood friends and that Kanan died in 2018.
  • Shawn is the only character who caught a body, while pursing a long term music career.

Who was famous supposed to be in raising Kanan?

Series Information Shawn "Famous" Figueroa is a recurring character on the Starz original crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. He is portrayed by Antonio Ortiz. Shawn is Kanan's charming, funny, and extrovert best friend.

Who is Corinne on raising Kanan?

One small problem: Famous doesn't have a knife in his kitchen, and neither one has a gun. So they head next door to Corinne's (Josephine Lawrence), but she has more questions than knives.

Who is ROC from raising Kanan?

Raquel "Raq" Thomas is a mentioned character in Power and the deuteragonist on the Starz original crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. She is portrayed by Patina Miller. Raq serves as one of the main protagonists in season 1-3.

Who is Toni in raising Kanan?

More Stories By Rosy. EXCLUSIVE: Tony Danza has joined the cast of Starz's Power Book III: Raising Kanan for Season 3, Deadline has learned. He will make his debut in the Season 2 finale airing Sunday. Danza will portray Stefano Marchetti, the godfather of New York City's mafia scene and the most powerful man in town.