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I'm Kanan Stark. I'm a no-good motherfucker, ain't that right, Juke? I ran the street with your dad, I did a lot of bad shit, we hurt a lot of people. Jukebox is telling you the truth. I ain't never been good. I wasn't raised that way.—Kanan Stark, to Tariq St. Patrick "New Man"Power
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Kanan Stark
Seasons
Power: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6Ghost: 2Raising Kanan: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5Origins: 1Portrayed by
Power: Curtis "50 Cent" JacksonRaising Kanan & Origins: Mekai CurtisInspirations
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- Season 1
- Season 3
Smart and driven, Kanan’s world revolved around his mother, Raq, who raised him by herself. She was everything to him. However, after last season, their relationship has hit rock bottom and Kanan is now looking to pave his own path free of his mother’s lies. Theirs is a complicated relationship that only gets more problematic as this season progresses. IMAGES (104) • KILLS Biographical information
Full name
Kanan Elijah StarkAliases
SlimNicknames
KAge
15-16 (Book III: Season 1-2)16-17 (Book III: Season 3-4)40 (Book I: Seasons 1-4)41 (Book I: Seasons 5)Birthdate
August 15, 1975aPlace of residence
South Jamaica, QueensOccupation
Drug lordGangsterInmate (formerly)Status
DeceasedRelationships
Family
Joyce Thomas (grandmother)†Elijah Thomas (grandfather)†Raquel Thomas (mother) Malcolm Howard (father)†Jukebox (cousin) †Marvin Thomas (uncle)Lou-Lou Thomas (uncle) Shawn Stark (son) †Affiliations
D-Wiz†Ronnie Mathis(formerly)†SnapsPopO.C† (formerly)UniqueFamous†Breeze†James St. Patrick†Tommy EganAndre Coleman(formerly)†Tariq St. Patrick2-BitBrains(formerly)†Jason Micic †Enemies
Buck Twenty †Unique (formerly) Freddy †James St. Patrick (formerly) †Tasha St. PatrickAndre Coleman †Diego Jimenez †Alicia Jimenez †CristobalRonnie Mathis †Partners
Davina Harrison (ex-girlfriend)Corrine (ex-girlfriend) Palomar (fling) Hannah (kissed)Krystal †(girlfriend)Jarita (baby mother)Candie (one-night stand)Iesha (Fling)Appearances
| First | Last |
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| "This Is Real" | "A Friend of the Family" (alive) "What's Free?" (hallucination) |
A decade after James set him up to be incarcerated, the recently released Kanan begins his quest of revenge, initially involving own his son who works under James, innocent young driver Shawn, who a disappointed Kanan murders for his inability to go through with killing him. After his brush with death from a confrontation with James, Kanan recovers with the help of his equally merciless close cousin, Jukebox, and sees an opportunity to fulfill his vengeance through James' son, Tariq. Despite Kanan's plan to kill him, he takes a liking to the child, who is disillusioned with his father's dishonesty, and so he teaches him the ways of a gangster, which causes Tariq to rebel against his father and to become a son-like figure to Kanan, leading Kanan to kill Jukebox to save the boy's life. Kanan's plans to rise to the top of the game collapse when Tariq, his mother Tasha, and federal prosecutor Angela Valdes set up his death after Tariq discovers Shawn's death at his hands.
In the past, Kanan was a hopeful and bright adolescent in South Jamaica who throws away a chance at a legitimate future to be involved in the family business, led by queenpin Raq Thomas, who relents to his wish to follow in her footsteps and teaches him the game. Kanan's frustration with his mother's dishonesty complicates their relationship, and he obstinately asserts his independence — all the while the game progressively hardens the once innocent Kanan.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Power Book III: Raising Kanan
- 1.2 Raising Kanan: Season 1
- 1.3 Raising Kanan: Season 2
- 1.4 Raising Kanan: Season 3
- 1.5 Raising Kanan: Season 4
- 1.6 Raising Kanan: Season 5
- 1.7 Origins Prior to Power
- 1.8 Season 1
- 1.9 Season 2
- 1.10 Season 3
- 1.11 Season 4
- 1.12 Season 5
- 1.13 Season 6
- 2 Power Book II: Ghost
- 2.1 Season 2
- 3 Murders
- 3.1 Committed by Kanan
- 3.1.1 Raising Kanan
- 3.2 Connected to Kanan
- 3.2.1 Raising Kanan
- 3.2.2 Power
- 3.3 Committed by Kanan
- 3.4 Connected Indirectly to Kanan
- 3.1 Committed by Kanan
- 4 Trivia
- 5 Quotes
- 5.1 Power Book III: Raising Kanan
- 6 Gallery
- 7 Appearances
- 8 References
- 9 Notes
Biography[]
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Power Book III: Raising Kanan[]
Kanan came from a family of gangsters led by his mother Raquel who gave birth to him as a teen. It was assumed that Kanan's father was Rondell "Def Con" Stark, a notorious kingpin. However, it was later revealed his biological father is Malcolm Howard who was unaware of this truth.
When he was ten, he was beaten by bullies Tyus and Antoine for his money while his cousin Jukebox was held back, and the older children beat him to the ground. Afterwards, a crying Kanan ran home and told his mother what happened, but his mother insist that he go back and face those boys, by placing batteries in a sock. At the park, Raquel told him to handle the situation or deal with her and he complied. Young Kanan then beat the bullies with the sock full of batteries while taking pleasure in getting revenge. As this happened, the spectators cheered him on for taking care of the bullies. It was noted that this was the first time his name ever rang to the other kids.
Raising Kanan: Season 1[]
In 1991 in South Jamaica, Queens, 15-year-old Kanan Stark is eager to join his family's growing drug business that is led by his mother, Raquel "Raq" Thomas. After a rival crew member is killed, Raq does whatever is necessary to get the target off Kanan's back.
Raising Kanan: Season 2[]
During The More Things Change episode, Kanan returns to Queens from living with family in Virginia. Upon his return, he talks to Jukebox about life in Virginia, stating its simple way was nice but he admits to missing her. Juke notes he only missed her, because he missed having someone to whine to before they share a laugh. He voices how he is uncertain of his future with the family business.
In Sleeping Dogs, while leaving out the house, he is approached by Howard who revealed to him that he was his real father but Kanan didn't believe it, something Howard expected but told him to consider it. During a talk with Juke, the latter told Kanan it could be trick but he wasn't sure after he began to think Raq told him to shoot Howard to cover the truth. That night, Howard approaches Kanan again and notes on his sudden dropping this news before he reveals that he is more lucid than Kanan thought and that he remembers Kanan shooting him in the park. He tells him that doesn't matter anymore, because he won't let anything happen to his son, stating Kanan might need to be convinced, but he is his father regardless. This time, Kanan really considers the possibility.
During It's a Business, Man, he and Famous were tasked with delivering a duffle bag by Raq. However, they were robbed local thug Freddy who he held and robbed them at gunpoint. Kanan later approached Palomar, Mother of his love interest and she supplied him with a gun for protection. Armed with the weapon, he broke into Freddy's apartment and held him at gunpoint, using Freddy's words against him. The scared Freddy was pistol whipped while being savagely beaten by Kanan in revenge, while his gang were shocked by Kanan's action and made no attempt to stop him. When a neighbor passed by, Famous implores Kanan to run and they take back their items while doing so.
Much later, he and Famous were at a pizzeria talking about getting Famous money. Freddy walks in the pizzeria spotting Kanan sitting at a table with Famous. Recalling the beating, he nervously kept silent when the smug Kanan taunts him. He collects his order of three boxes of pizza and leaves.
Sometime later, Kanan visits Howard and the latter was shocked by his arrival. When they started talking, Kanan reveals he suspected his father even before the shooting and he wants to make a connection.
While hanging out, Kanan and Juke started talking, discussing how Juke finally got that supportive dad in her life. She remarked that went for Kanan too, since he and Howard are bonding.
Raising Kanan: Season 3[]
When Raq and Howard arrive, they discover Kanan unharmed. Ronnie also reveals that Kanan told him of how Howard was his father before he demands the duffle bag of cash, Ronnie stoops down to look inside, Kanan pulls out his gun and shoots Ronnie in the back of his head while he is distracted to look in the bag. Immediately following, Raq shoots with point blank range the same in the temple, killing Howard. Kanan was shocked by his father's death before Marvin quickly appears, shooting Ronnie's men in their back from the behind, confused about what happened yelling they need to go. Raq tells Kanan, he's leaving with them, after the camera pans down over the warehouse floor showing the dead bodies of Ronnie, Det. Howard and two of Ronnie's men showing a black boot while the camera moves upward revealing a black shadowy figure standing over the corpse of Ronnie, in shocking fashion Unique's disfigured face is shown under a hoodie looking down, in the background with a voice over narration of an Older Kanan, saying "If you take anything at all from this bullshit, take this, when you kill a ni@@a make sure he dead" with Unique looking at the camera while Run DMC's (Cool Breeze version) "Down with the King" playing in the background fading to black.
Raising Kanan: Season 4[]
Kanan seeks to step out of his mother Raq's shadow and establish his own presence in the drug game, while Raq questions her trust in him. This season explores themes of identity, with characters facing existential crises as they confront their inherent nature. Kanan forms a new alliance with the likenesses of Snaps, Pop and their Nephew, Breeze.
Kanan's world is shaken and still reeling from the death's of Krystal and Famous, with believing Raq is responsible, despite her denials. Leading him to be suspicious of her involvement. In a tense, emotional confrontation where he confronts Raq at gunpoint, as the scene cuts to black and a loud shot, ending the final episode of Season 4.
Raising Kanan: Season 5[]
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Origins Prior to Power[]
He went on to become a Notorious Hustler for years. Once taken both Ghost and Tommy under his wing years ago. Taught them both how to survive while in the streets. Even serving as a mentor to him, Ghost was secretly plotting against him making his own plans to run the Drug game.
During this time, Kanan Stark and his Son Shawn Stark were driving on the road, Shawn and Kanan were pulled over for what appeared to be a broken tail light. Soon after Kanan was arrested, put in jail by an anonymous tip whom he later recognized, as James and his wife Tasha St. Patrick. While in prison, he befriended fellow gangster Andre Coleman. Who later came to respect him for having his back.
Season 1[]
Kanan Stark first appears when his son Shawn comes to visit him in prison and the two catch up on everything that's been going on. During this, he hires a beautiful, deadly assassin known as Pink Sneakers to kill Ghost and his associates. While Ghost is searching for the person that is killing off his connections, Kanan contacts him from prison informing him the Gang Leader Rolla of The RSK's who is a friend that was involved. Framing the leader Rolla to leave Ghost with no allies.
Afterwards, Pink Sneakers pays Kanan a visit telling him Rolla is dead, as he laughs that his plan worked. Pink Sneakers tells him that he owes her money and he tells her that she owes him one last body, he wants Ghost dead before he gets out and she needs a new pair of sneakers.
Season 2[]
Kanan is released from prison early, being picked up by his son. During this time, Kanan realizes Ghost is still alive, stays silent but angry with this development, decides to make do with it. He visits Ghost and Tommy at Truth, who were surprised by his release as he pretends to be friends with them while treating himself to the women at the club. He starts looking for Pink Sneakers, who failed to kill Ghost, and has one of her contacts attempt to find her but fails. He beats and brutally kills him later learning that Pink Sneakers is in hiding in Miami.
In the process, he goes to see his baby mama Jarita and pays her off for being loyal to him. Sometime later, while talking to his son, realizes Shawn is sleeping with Tasha and confronts him on it, before voicing pride in him. He then ask for details, since he had a thing for her.
Kanan orders his right hand man, Dre to head to Miami and kill her before Ghost does, so he wouldn't have no clue of what was going on. He and Tommy meet up with the RSK gang and their new leader QDubs, which ends in Kanan killing him as he refused to work with him, Tommy, or Ruiz and his Soldado gang. Afterwards, Kanan furthers his plot to take over the drug business and kill Ghost. After a meeting with Tommy, Dre and his crew, Kanan has Dre kill one of own his men for the disrespect to Tommy, Broc as he disliked him and thought he would be disloyal. Later, he meets up with all the drug affiliates and gangs; including Serbian Gang Leader, Vladimir, Haitian Gang Leader Drifty, and Ruiz in order to meet up with Felipe Lobos and set up a new drug business with Kanan in charge and Lobos as their distributor once Ghost is dead. However, things change as Tommy and Lobos are arrested.
Shawn goes to ask him about if he got Tommy set up to go inside, but Kanan denies it since he is a soldier to the streets. That was the moment where Kanan revealed to Shawn his Uncle G set him up while he was in the car with him the night he was arrested. So, this gives Kanan the opportunity to give Shawn a clean shot to take out Ghost. Dre, on the other hand, does not think that he is ready, later becoming the truth. Kanan asks him one last time that if he did not want to do this, then he would have to let him know now. Shawn confirmed he will go through with it.
Tommy is released while Lobos is still locked up and the drug connects agree to have Ghost killed. During this time, Kanan uses his son Shawn to kill Ghost. However, Shawn fails and Ghost sends him away. Kanan is later confronted by his son, Shawn to whom Kanan admits to using him. disrespecting Kanan, Shawn hands Kanan back the gun he gave him and says him, Tasha and the kids are leaving. As Shawn is walking away, Kanan asks him where he going as he turns around, Kanan then shoots Shawn wounding him in the abdomen, while on the floor he grabs for his cell in attempt to use it, Kanan knocks it out his hand berates him for not killing Ghost, shooting and ultimately killing him. Kanan has Dre get rid of his son's body. When Tommy meets up with Kanan, having him believe that James betrayed him. Kanan reveals to Tommy that Ghost and Tasha set him up sending him to Jail. When Kanan had Shawn in his car with drugs, Ghost took one of the tail lights out of his car so that he can be pulled over.
Also, Tasha called in the anonymous tip. Then Kanan has a confrontation with Ghost at the abandon warehouse and the two fight having a bloody, fiery showdown. Ghost then stabs Kanan burning the place down, believing he's dead. However, it's shown that Kanan survives and discovered that he's the someone who broke out of the warehouse during the fire.
Season 3[]
Kanan survives the fight with Ghost and goes into hiding in Washington D.C. at his cousin's LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner's house, he is severely burnt and injured. Jukebox askes Kanan, what happened to him since he lied the first time. It was later after Jukebox found out from her girlfriend Candie that Ghost was the one who burned him alive. That is when he reveals to his cousin that Ghost was the reason that he was inside, and he killed Shawn due to his disloyalty. After recovering, he helps her rob a Jewelry Store and kills Dirt, who is in on the heist after he opens the store's safe. He later plans revenge on Ghost once again and Jukebox advises him to use Ghost to his advantage and then kill him and Tariq.
He returns to New York City and goes to Dre's apartment to watch his Daughter. When Dre returns from work at the club, he is shocked that Kanan is still alive. Kanan is angry that he is working with Ghost and blackmails him into working with him once again by threatening to throw his daughter out the window. He is later seen spying on Ghost and Tommy. He meets up with Dre, who promised to get him more information on what is going on with Ghost. Later after being updated by Dre on Ghost's current events, he helps an Old Lady to her apartment (which was Breeze's old apartment where Ghost killed him) and kills her by smothering her with a pillow to death.
While Kanan continues to get updates on Ghost's actions from Dre, he meets Ghost's son Tariq and later picks him up from school and the two bond. He then tries to secretly kill Tariq but after he learned Tariq resentment of his father, he decides to use this to his own advantage. He develops a soft spot for Tariq, thinking that he would be like a Father to him just as Ghost was to Shawn.
As a result, he begins teaching Tariq the game. He later threatens Dre about warning Tariq about him, reminding him that he chose him. He even makes it clear that he developed a soft spot for the kid and won't go after his father as long as he and Tommy are dealing with Milan, who Kanan knew not to mess with.
While Kanan is hanging out with Tariq, Jukebox later shows up to help. They tested his loyalty and Jukebox has him arrested and tried to force him to give up Kanan but he stays silent, which meant he passed. Kanan gets in the car and is impressed with Tariq who realizes what this act meant. That night, they are all hanging out his apartment and planning to take out Ghost, Kanan talks with his cousin and she advises him to kill Tariq and Ghost, which he holds off on. They later drug Tariq and then send a text from his phone to Tasha, showing a picture of her son and demanding a ransom.
Season 4[]
Kanan still stays in hiding as he, Jukebox, and Ray Ray wait for Tasha to respond to their ransom demand for Tariq. Unfortunately for them, their meeting is interrupted by Dre who was looking for Tariq. Dre breaks the news to them that Ghost was arrested for murder of a fed, they won't be seeing any money from the St. Patrick's that night. Dre also promises to pay Kanan with the money he gets from running the club since Ghost was incarcerated and left him in charge. Ray Ray and Jukebox demand for a higher price for each person at 15K. Satisfied with his enemy's suffering, and no longer intending on holding Tariq hostage, Kanan wakes Tariq up from his lean coma and tells him that his dad has been arrested.
After Tariq wakes up, he is shocked at the news of his Father's arrest and asks Kanan what his father did. Kanan tells him whatever he did, “he did that shit” and the young, gullible Tariq believes him.
Tariq goes back home to his worried family, as Kanan takes joy on Ghost experiencing what he experienced in prison. Days past, with Kanan and Ray Ray turning Tariq to his side and using the teenager to rob some of his wealthy friends. Kanan's reasons for this was to turn Tariq against his father just Ghost did with his own son Shawn.
Dre continues to pay Kanan but warns him to stay away from the teenager as Tommy and Tasha were getting suspicious and think of coming for him if they learned he was alive.
When Ghost is released from jail, Jukebox (realizing Ghost could access his money again) seizes the opportunity and kidnaps Tariq for a second time to continue to finish up with their ransom plans to get money and kill both of them. Jukebox has Kanan track Ghost down and he finally makes his move against Ghost, surprising him with his survival. He then forces Ghost into his car at gunpoint telling him to hand over cash or Tariq will die. When Ghost protests he just got out of jail and is a little short, Kanan is unimpressed. “Not having no money never stopped you from getting money before,” he reminds him. Ghost then decides to rob Tommy’s stash house with Kanan laughing that he'd rob his own friend and needs him as backup and an robbery in which one of Tommy's men dies.
As they drive to where Jukebox is holding Tariq, Ghost and Kanan have a heart-to-heart, or as close to one as these two men are capable of. Ghost stated “I loved you like a brother. I wasn’t going to kill you,” when explaining his choice to take Kanan out of the game by sending him to prison. Kanan replied “So you just made a bad choice,” stating bluntly if he was dead then this wouldn't be happening. Kanan then tells Ghost that Jukebox has his son, which worries him. After a drive, Kanan starts to have second thoughts and hands Ghost a gun and gives him a choice: Kill him now, or use the weapon to go in and get Tariq out together.
When the men get to the house, Jukebox quickly figures out she’s getting double crossed, and she doesn’t like it. She pulls a gun on Tariq, who’s tied to a chair, and starts spilling secrets. She commands Kanan to tell Tariq who he really is, as he complies confessing that he’s a “no-good motherf–ker” who wanted to hurt Ghost, “so I used you.” he then admits to killing Shawn, his own son and says that he would do it again.
Jukebox is done with the truth-telling, so she goes to shoot Tariq, but she is distracted by Ghost, Kanan takes her out with a round of bullets to the chest, killing his cousin. Ghost grabs his freaked-out son and hugs him, swaying back and forth. Kanan says he’ll see Tariq around, grabs the bag cash, and leaves.
Kanan texts Dre twice a few weeks after Tariq's kidnapping to talk business but Dre doesn't respond to his two text messages. Dre and Cristobal later send two assassins to kill Kanan. Later, while Kanan is at his apartment, the assassins attack and try to kill him, but Kanan effortlessly overpowers and kills them. It is later revealed that the two assassins were members of the Hermanos Taino's, Cristobal's gang.
Kanan tracks down and confronts Tommy after killing the assassins. Kanan asks if he or Ghost sent the assassins and shows Tommy the assassins' dead bodies in his car trunk. Tommy denies it and tells Kanan the assassins were Hermanos Taino because of their tattoos on their hand. Tommy tells Kanan that Cristobal is the Leader of the Hermanos Taino's and he is friends with Dre. They call a truce due to Kanan saving Tariq and he leaves. Kanan travels back down to Washington D.C. to Candie's (Formerly Jukebox's) house to form a crew with the intention to get revenge on Dre.
Kanan then tells his men who to look out for and is soon told about Raina's death. He then, figures out that it was Ray Ray because Tariq had called him earlier asking him, where could he find Ray Ray. He calls Tommy to let him know it was Ray-Ray a dirty cop who was responsible for it.
After Tariq kills Ray Ray, Kanan calls Tommy to tell him to let him speak to Ghost and they form an alliance to take out Dre. Kanan sits in the back seat of Tommy's car as the three men spot Dre with the Jimenez, his new affiliation, they realize it was too risky to go after him now since he was protected by the Jimenez Cartel. The three then drive off with the intention of getting reinforcement to carry out their plan for revenge another day.
Season 5[]
At the beginning of Season 5, Kanan, Tommy and Ghost go to Tommy's Apartment to discuss a way to kill Dre. But before they get upstairs, Ghost askes Kanan how can we trust him. Kanan responded, "You set me on Fire N***a, not the other way around". As Ghost knows that Kanan is not the forgiving type, Kanan tells him, "I could have shot you both 20, 11 times already. Get out the way man, so we can figure out how to kill this lil light skinned n***a, Dre's the problem right?", leaving Ghost to answer, "Right."
Tommy gets a tip from a Young Taino boy about where Dre and Cristobal are staying. He tells Kanan and Ghost as soon as possible. Little do they know that it was a trap. They were in a warehouse in Roosevelt Island. Before going to the warehouse, Kanan and Ghost have a funny throwback moment of when Tommy found an Albino Boy back in the day thinking that he found another white boy in the hood. After their little reunion, Tommy gets into the Hyundai Sonata and they travel to confront Dre.
As soon as they reach the spot, Ghost and Tommy go inside, however, Ghost catches sight of a blunt and realizes they have been played. They run as soon as possible towards the exit. Right before Dre was able to kill Tommy and Ghost, Kanan races in with the Sonata and saves both of their lives.
When Tommy's connect Jason Micic appears, he is angry at Tommy for causing a loss of money and takes note of Kanan who is forced along with James to work for him to repay him the millions.
Kanan tells his gang they're working with Tommy/Ghost but doesn't mind, since he just has to make himself look good enough to work for Jason.
Kanan goes to Tommy, who asks how to handle a mobster being released. Kanan soon learns it's Tommy's father and is surprised, now understanding Tommy's new mob friends. Kanan then tells Tommy to give it a chance, since he didn't have a father. With that advice, Tommy decides to give his father the benefit of the doubt.
Ghost orders Kanan to kill Diego Jimenez to slow down Dre's operation, in exchange Dre kills Tommy's connect with Jason Micac. Kanan kills Diego and his body guard. Kanan cuts Diego's head and brings it to Jason. Kanan tells Jason that he wants to be his new distributor and that he plans to have Ghost and Tommy kill each other to get Tommy's job. Kanan tells Jason to kill Alicia who is Diego sister in order to get his ports from her. Also he warns Jason that an assassin is on his way hear to kill him. Jason and Kanan leave with a deal.
Later in the season, Kanan is pulled over by the police. It's revealed that Angela and Tasha had Tariq plant the murder weapon which Ray Ray was killed with in his car. Tariq was in on the plan to frame Kanan so that he can take the fall for Ray Ray's murder. Kanan is shot by the police, but manages to kill all of them. He approaches the police car with Tariq in it, locking eyes with him before killing the last surviving officer. Tariq, paralyzed with terror, watches as Kanan gives him a grin and gets in another squad car to drive away. However, Kanan succumbs to his wounds, and loses control causing the car to slowly crash into a pole.
Season 6[]
Although he was dead during the events of the final season, he was mentioned a couple of times when Tommy, Ghost and Tasha find out that Kanan was in touch with Tariq and gave him drugs to sell out of Choate before his death. He appeared in Ghost's hallucination warning him that he is no different from him and he will always be a killer. He later appeared in Tariq’s hallucination telling him that he should be the one to kill Ghost. Despite making amends with Ghost after saving Tariq, he did get his revenge on Ghost in a form of his son.
Power Book II: Ghost[]
Season 2[]
He appeared in Tariq's nightmare telling him to get rid of the phone. He later showed up in Tariq hallucination in the prison cell telling him to be careful who to trust. Only later showing up in Tariq’s nightmare berating him for not being fair with him as Tariq helped to set up Kanan that led to his demise.
Murders[]
Committed by Kanan[]
Raising Kanan[]
- Donnell Worley: Shot multiple times in the back for trying to take Raq's corners. (w/D-Wiz)
- Ronnie Mathis: Shot in the back of the head for betraying him.
- Raquel Thomas: Possibly shot to death, believing she killed Krystal and Famous.
Connected to Kanan[]
Raising Kanan[]
- Nicole Bingham: Indirectly caused. Nicole stole a batch of the drugs from Jukebox out her back pack that Kanan made that killed some other junkies and taken them resulting in her last breath.
- Shannon Burke: Told Det. Malcolm Howard to take care of her as she knew about him selling drugs as Howard shoots her in the head.
- Twenty Crackheads: The tester valves that Kanan, Lil rob and Thomas Family associate put out killed them
- Derek”D-Wiz”Washington: Shot in the head by Lou-Lou after they killed Buck Twenty it was either Kanan or D-Wiz. Raq admitted her role in the murder to Kanan.
- Freddy Williams: Shot to death by Famous after being robbed by him, Famous admitted to Kanan of the murder and the shocked Kanan told him to keep it to himself.
- Detective Malcolm Howard: Kanan watched in shock as his mother Raq shoot his biological father in the head killing him for attempting to turning in Marvin, hiding further connection to the both of them.
- Krystal: Kanan asked Snaps and Pop if they can get information from the police to find out who put the ordered hit on Famous, which they did. Snap and Pops paid corrupted police to observe Kanan's knowledge of what he knows about Famous, they abducted Krystal to gain answers of Famous's murder, Krystal told Pop Henry, Kanan thinks Raq was responsible, thereafter she was shot and killed by Pop with the information she gave her, they used it against Kanan, with him having no knowledge of these events in which was blamed on his Mother Raq.
Power[]
Committed by Kanan[]
- Chabo: Shot in the head for failing to find Pink Sneakers.
- Quarter Water: Shot in the head for refusing to work with him.
- Shawn Stark: Shot in the stomach and in the head for not killing Ghost and insulting him.
- Dirt: Shot in the head with a Sub Machine Uzi.
- Unnamed Old Woman: Smothered to death with a pillow "Jesus Saves" in order to gain access Breeze’s former apartment.
- Marcus: Shot in the head for attempting to kill him and Ghost.
- LaVerne Ganner: Shot 3 times while distracted by Ghost to save Tariq.
- Two Hermanos Tianos Members: Stabbed to death for trying to kill him, who were sent by Andre Coleman and Cristobal.
- Scotty: Shot to death for betraying him and for trying to kill Tommy.
- Trigger: Shot in the head for trying to kill Tommy as well as for betraying him.
- Two Hermanos Tianos Members: Shot to death.
- Jimenez Cartel Member: Shot in the head by in order to kill Diego on Ghost's orders.
- Diego Jimenez: Shot in the shoulder and then in the head on Ghost's orders.
- Four NYPD Officers: All shot and killed in shoot out for trying to arrest him for Ray Ray's murder who Tasha, Tariq and Angela set him up for.
Connected Indirectly to Kanan[]
- Anibal Santalises: Neck slit from behind by Pink Sneakers to weaken Ghost's drug operation on his orders.
- Miguel Alverez: Hired by him through Pink Sneakers in his plan to disrupt Ghost's Drug Organization.
- Rolla: Shot three times in the chest in his apartment that night in a snowstorm by Ghost, after Kanan told him Rolla sent Pink Sneakers after him. As Rolla was a ally to The Organization.
- Two RSK members: Shot to death by Tommy after Kanan shot QDubs.
- Pink Sneakers: Stabbed to death by Dre on his orders, after failing to kill Ghost as he wanted him dead before he gets out of prison and to also make sure she is not the one to tell Ghost it was him who sent her to kill him.
- Broc: Kidnapped him, beaten, mutilated, on his orders shot by Dre, manipulated all by Kanan didn't like him and considered him as disloyal.
- Raina St. Patrick: introducing Tariq to Ray Ray and Jukebox led to Ray Ray nearly killing Tariq for money, in the process Raina tried to protect Tariq, which ends with her death. All leading back to Kanan's lesson of loyalty.
- Raymond "Ray Ray" Jones: Indirectly caused. Kanan taught Tariq how to pick a locked door with a card. Tariq later used this skill to break into Ray Ray's apartment and kill him.
- Andre Coleman: Indirectly caused. Manipulating Dre to kill Broc leading to 2-bit/Spanky getting revenge on him by burning him up in prison, with Ghost initiating the task for betraying them.
- James "Ghost" St. Patrick: By way of manipulation and twisting up Tariq's mind. Tariq St. Patrick, shoots him in Truth nightclub.
Trivia[]
Kanan's Birthday - RK 1x05
- Kanan's birthdate is August 15, 1975, which makes him 15 years old at the beginning of Raising Kanan (1991) and 39/40 at the beginning of Power.[2]
- As an Overarching Antagonist of The Power Universe, Kanan Stark is notable for appearing in all seasons, and having a deep history with Ghost and Tommy.
- Kanan is 2 of 4 protagonists that have been killed off in the Power Universe.
- Kanan was the first character on Power to kill a main character when he killed Shawn Stark.
- He murdered two members of his family: his son Shawn and his cousin Jukebox.
- Kanan and Tariq have the same character arch. Which they are parallels of each other killing their own respective Parents to become free and become independent. Both characters being manipulated and manipulating killers.
- In "Murderers", Tommy smokes some of Kanan's ashes out of respect. This is a reference to the belief that 2Pac's ashes were smoked by The Outlawz.
- His blood type is AB negative, the same as his father Malcolm Howard.[citation needed]
- Chronologically, as the protagonist of Raising Kanan, Kanan Stark is the first protagonist of the Power Universe, but in terms of the series' release, he is the third protagonist.
- Chronologically, Kanan got the first kill.
- Although he was the overarching main antagonist of Power, he had few redeeming qualities such as saving Tariq from Jukebox, and James and Tommy from Dre.
- He was revealed to be a sexual abuse victim when the older Palomar, the mother of his ex-girlfriend, took advantage of a 15-year-old Kanan. Furthermore, Raq found out that Palomar has slept with multiple underage boys, making Palomar a pedophile.
- The current status and whereabouts of his Uncles are unknown currently, until the final Season 5 starts via Power Book III: Raising Kanan.
- In Season 4 of Raising Kanan, Episode 10 was left as a cliffhanger to Know if Raq, Kanan's Mother lives or dies. That would only mean that Kanan actually has destroyed his own Family parallel to Tariq St. Patrick.
- Kanan mentioned going to see his Mother, meaning she might be or he was possibly referring to going to her grave.
- It is also mentioned in a news report that he has no surviving close kin or friends in the city, meaning they either moved, are imprisoned, or all deceased.
- An interview of Sacha Penn where he confirms Raq's Fate and Kanan's future meaning Kanan kills his Mother, Raquel Thomas at the end of Season 4 of Raising Kanan series.
- Kanan was confirmed to have extended relatives outside of the city, though none reached out.
- In the Original Series "Power" Kanan Manipulated Tariq, just like he was manipulated by Snaps and Pop in the Spin-off Series of Power Book lll: Raising Kanan.
- Raq partly named Kanan after her father, Elijah Thomas. Kanan's full name is Kanan Elijah Stark.
- He likely named his son after his Best Friend Famous whose real name was Shawn.
- Kanan knew exactly how his grandmother really died from when his Uncle Lou tells him this information.
- He never met his maternal grandfather or his paternal grandparents.
- Kanan shoots and seemingly kills his mother Raquel Thomas in parallel with Tariq St. Patrick shooting and killing his Father James "Ghost" St. Patrick and Vic Flynn shooting and killing his Father Walter Flynn as well in the "Force" Power series.
Quotes[]
Power Book III: Raising Kanan[]
"You coulda sent me to live with grandmoms a long time ago! Schools out there is safe, is good, but you ain't do that. You kept me right here next to you, 'cause this... is all we got. I'm here because you wanted me here! And now you tryin' to send me to some spot downtown, right? So I can go to college, get some corny-ass job, and raise up off the block forever? Leave you here alone? Which one is it, Ma? Am I stayin' here or am I goin'? For real, you need to make up your mind." —Kanan to Raquel[3]Gallery[]
Best Of- Kanan Stark - Power Universe - STARZBest of Kanan Stark. Appearances[]
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References[]
- ↑ Rocque, Anslem Samuel. Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Complex.
- ↑ "CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES". Mike Flynn (writer), Eif Rivera (director). Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Starz. August 15, 2021. 1x5.
- ↑ "BACK IN THE DAY". Sascha Penn (writer), Rob Hardy (director). Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Starz. July 18, 2021. 1x1.
Notes[]
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