{"id":38345,"date":"2025-05-10T06:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38345\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T06:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:17:22","slug":"ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-makes-cameo-in-power-book-iii-raising-kanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38345\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens QB Lamar Jackson makes cameo in &#8216;Power Book III: Raising Kanan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"text-container\">WARNING: This article contains spoilers for episode 9 of \u201cPower Book III: Raising Kanan,\u201d which aired Friday morning on Starz.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/sports\/ravens-nfl\/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-raising-kanan-acting-debut-E7NAXNPOHFDO7C4IRK7ND7O7DM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/sports\/ravens-nfl\/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-raising-kanan-acting-debut-E7NAXNPOHFDO7C4IRK7ND7O7DM\/\">long-awaited acting debut<\/a> went off with a bang\u2026 literally.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">After nearly two months of waiting, fans finally got to meet Jackson\u2019s \u201cdeadly, dangerous\u201d character E-Tone in the ninth episode of the hit Starz series \u201cPower Book III: Raising Kanan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">When it was announced that the two-time MVP would appear on the show, it was unclear just how his character would fit into the storyline until now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__ad__text\">The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/advertising\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become one.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">E-Tone is a hitman who is working with a group of New Jersey henchmen under the direction of Unique (played by rapper Joey BadA$$).<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Nearly 15 minutes into the episode, we see E-Tone tucked away in the cut at a gay nightclub, watching David Kan, a recurring side character this season. While David is in the bathroom doing drugs, E-Tone appears from the stall behind Kan and shoots him, leaving him dead on the bathroom floor.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Later in the episode, Unique praises E-Tone for his skills. Jackson talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lamar-jackson-thought-power-book-iii-raising-kanan-creator-was-lying-about-guest-star-role-exclusive-11730768\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lamar-jackson-thought-power-book-iii-raising-kanan-creator-was-lying-about-guest-star-role-exclusive-11730768\">PEOPLE<\/a> about his role and recalled his first reactions.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">\u201cI was really shocked with that part,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I got to the dressing room, they were like, \u2018You know what you\u2019re going to be doing?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Nah, no one told me anything.\u2019 They were like, \u2018Yeah, you\u2019re going to be killing a guy at the club.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Jackson, 28, also told PEOPLE he\u2019s ready to see what people of think of his acting skills. Since the episode dropped, fans have posted online about the star quarterback\u2019s cameo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__ad__text\">The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/advertising\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become one.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">If you ask me, Jackson has a future in acting. He got the dramatic pauses down right and makes for a believable scary hitman. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">\u201cYou don\u2019t want to get on his bad side,\u201d Jackson said of his character in a March social media post.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Fans can watch one of the scenes from the show below.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">This isn\u2019t the only surprise cameo Jackson made this week. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">During the latest edition of \u201cCoulda Been Records Auditions,\u201d hosted by popular comedian Druski, Baltimore was in the spotlight this time as people showed up to audition for a deal with a parody record label. Jackson hosted pre-auditions before people could tryout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__ad__text\">The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/advertising\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become one.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">\u201cYou the Ravens quarterback,\u201d one attendee said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">With these latest cameos, it seems Jackson is having fun trying new things outside of football.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">As of now, it\u2019s unclear if we\u2019ve seen the last of Jackson on Raising Kanan as the finale airs next and the series heads into a fifth season.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">\u201cI hope the world don\u2019t think anything different of me, but it is what it is, we\u2019re just acting, it\u2019s fun,\u201d he told PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"text-container\">Season 4 of \u201cPower Book III: Raising Kanan\u201d is streaming on Starz and the season finale airs Friday at 12 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WARNING: This article contains spoilers for episode 9 of \u201cPower Book III: Raising Kanan,\u201d which aired Friday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[115,184,117,2282,215,214,422,7,6,359,4781,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-38345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-afc","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-bills","13":"tag-buffalo","14":"tag-divisional-round","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-playoffs","18":"tag-postseason","19":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114482082246250431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}