have joined the series this season, and each of their characters step onto the scene with something to prove.
The move is proving treacherous for the members of her team. Despite that, being the force that she is, she forges on in all directions –– protecting her business, protecting her family , and potentially building a new relationship with local businessman Cartier . The bankroll is an unwitting move against Raq, but now that she knows the truth behind his mysterious status, he may prove to have answers to some of her other pressing problems.
Singer, the songstress playing Zisa, also joins the cast this season as a vocal standout to Lou. While her character seems small in the early episodes, the actor warns that Zisa has more to offer than looks and small singing reprieves. Luckett, a mother herself, was added to the series as Kenya –– the long-lost mother of Kanan’s cousin Jukebox , who walked away from her daughter as a baby. Due to the sensitive nature of Kenya’s relationship with her child, and having had some apprehension about her role upon reading the script, Luckett stepped into the driver’s seat with a desire to understand Kenya’s place as a young, Black mother in a desperate situation and without answers. .
“I think that Raq is the rock. She’s the heartbeat and as it relates to me it’s the same with my grandmother, my mom –– they are the rocks,” Luckett says. “But we lean into my mom, we lean into the women of our family and I think that that’s what I love most about the show. It’s showing a woman in power, and it’s very empowering.”