‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’: Jukebox Will Likely Have a Negative Reaction to Her Mother’s Return
Power Book III: Raising Kanan isn’t just the coming-of-age story of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), it’s also his cousin Jukebox’s (Hailey Kilgrove) coming-of-age tale. While Kanan has been desperate to prove himself to his drug queenpin mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas’ (Patina Miller), Jukebox has wanted to get as far as possible away from her father, Marvin (London Brown).
Now, Jukebox’s mother Kenya is poised to enter the picture, but we don’t think things will go well.
Jukebox’s mother Kenya will be introduced in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 2
A ton of changes are on the horizon for season 2 of Raising Kanan when it debuts on Aug. 14. Some of those changes will happen for Jukebox. Very little is known about Jukebox’s mother Kenya. According to Lou Lou, Kenya abandoned Jukebox to be a New York Knicks groupie, eventually moving to Los Angeles.
Now LeToya Luckett has been cast in the role. According to the Starz press release, “Luckett will play Kenya, Jukebox’s mother and Marvin’s ex. She left their family when Jukebox was very young, tried to make it in LA as a singer, but three years ago, she moved back to New York. Upon her return, she settles in Harlem where church is a big part of her life.”
Jukebox might have a negative reaction to her mother’s return
In just one season of Raising Kanan, Jukebox has been through so much. Not only did she lose her first love, but Nicole (Annabelle Zasowski) she also had a blowout fight with Marvin that has likely damaged their already fragile relationship beyond repair.
“Now people can better appreciate why Jukebox became so tough as an adult because of the things she had to deal with growing up,” London Brown told TVLine. “Her girlfriend died, and she had a strained relationship with her father. All of these layers help us understand why these characters turned out the way they did.”
With Kenya’s return, we don’t think things will be made any easier for Jukebox. In fact, we think she’s going to have such a negative reaction that it will begin turning her into the cutthroat woman we met in the original Power series. At present, the only person she really trusts is Raq, but her aunt is super preoccupied with now.
Jukebox is slowly turning into the cold-blooded killer we met in ‘Power’
In Power, fans watched as adult Kanan follow all of Jukebox’s orders. In fact, he often seems terrified of her which was shocking considering how vicious he was himself. Seeing the things that occurred during Raising Kanan season 1, we can see how the cousins’ dynamics is being to shift and change.
“Get to see how Jukebox turned into this person that kind of pulls the strings and rocks Kanan which you never thought would happen,” one Redditor explained via Express. “Because to start, he’s a terrifying force on his own. But again, going back to being something that not only Power fans can watch. I’m excited for just people in general, fans, not fans. I’m excited, for people to see a family story. I’m excited to hopefully relate to anything that’s happening in this story because, while it is a family story, really it’s about feeling, emotion, love. It’s about environment, it’s about choices (and) what that does and how that affects you.”
