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Power Book III Season 5 Adds Star Cast, Final Chapter

6/13/2026

Summary

Story summary

Season 5 of Power Book III: Raising Kanan adds Shameik Moore, Leslie Grossman and Joe Pantoliano to its cast.
The season premieres as the series’ final installment on Starz, following Kanan Stark’s rise in Queens.
Patina Miller and MeKai Curtis discussed filming the fifth season with ABC12 producer Darren Garrett, noting fan expectations.
New characters include Breeze, a Jamaican-Queens drug kingpin, Flossie Siegel, a Manhattan madam, and Pino Bernardi, head of the Manhattan Mafia, as producers anticipate strong fan reactions.

History

Historical Context

In 1995 Mayor Rudy Giuliani launched a Queens crackdown on the crack market that had surged after the 1980s epidemic. The effort built on the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act’s 100-to-1 sentencing disparity, a hallmark of the era’s tough-on-crime policies. Starz’s *Power Book III: Raising Kanan* now dramatizes that period, reviving public discussion of urban drug policy.

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Story summary

Season 5 of Power Book III: Raising Kanan adds Shameik Moore, Leslie Grossman and Joe Pantoliano to its cast.
The season premieres as the series’ final installment on Starz, following Kanan Stark’s rise in Queens.
Patina Miller and MeKai Curtis discussed filming the fifth season with ABC12 producer Darren Garrett, noting fan expectations.
New characters include Breeze, a Jamaican-Queens drug kingpin, Flossie Siegel, a Manhattan madam, and Pino Bernardi, head of the Manhattan Mafia, as producers anticipate strong fan reactions.

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