STARZ ADDS GBENGA AKINNAGBE, KYLE VINCENT TERRY AND CAROLINE CHIKEZIE TO SEASON THREE CAST OF "POWER BOOK II: GHOST"

Santa Monica, Calif. - STARZ announced today that Gbenga Akinnagbe ("The Deuce," "Modern Love"), Kyle Vincent Terry ("Headhunter," "Gotham") and Caroline Chikezie (Mayhem, "The Passage") will join season three of STARZ original series "Power Book II: Ghost" as recurring cast members. Since debuting in September 2020, "Power Book II: Ghost" has reported record-breaking numbers in both seasons as the first spin off from the successful "Power" franchise.

Gbenga Akinnagbe will play Ron Samuel Jenkins aka RSJ, a Howard University and Harvard Business School alum who grew up working class and built his own legitimate empire that has firmly entrenched him among the business elite.

Kyle Vincent Terry will play Obi, a young man schooled in Britain who knows his way around a gun, but is equally comfortable in a boardroom.

Caroline Chikezie will play Noma, a worldly and powerful woman with a regal presence who has built her wealth with an illicit global empire and is not afraid to protect it by any means necessary.

Returning cast includes: Michael Rainey Jr. ("Power," The Butler) as "Tariq St. Patrick," Mary J. Blige (Mudbound, "The Umbrella Academy") as "Monet Stewart Tejada," Shane Johnson ("Power," Behind Enemy Lines) as "Cooper Saxe," Gianni Paolo (Ma, "The Fosters") as "Brayden Weston," Cliff "Method Man" Smith ("The Deuce," Garden State) as "Davis MacLean," Larenz Tate (Ray, Crash) as "Rashad Tate," Berto Colon (Inside Game, "Orange Is the New Black") as "Lorenzo Tejada," Woody McClain ("The Bobby Brown Story," "The New Edition Story") as "Cane Tejada," Lovell Adams-Gray ("Coroner," "Slasher") as "Dru Tejada," LaToya Tonodeo ("The Fosters", "The Oath") as "Diana Tejada," Alix Lapri ("Power", Den of Thieves) as "Effie Morales" and Paton Ashbrook ("House of Cards", "Shameless") as Jenny Sullivan." Recently announced David Walton ("9JKL," "Masters of Sex") Moriah Brown ("Raising Dion," "Turnt") and Monique Garbiela Curnen (The Dark Knight, Half Nelson), will be joining the cast as new series regulars in season three.

The "Power" Universe series are executive produced by "Power" creator and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp through her production company End of Episode, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM. "Power Book II: Ghost" season three will be executive produced by Courtney A. Kemp, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Mark Canton and Brett Mahoney who will also serve as showrunner. End of Episode's Chris Selak will also executive produce with Geary McLeod serving as supervising producer and directing the season three premiere episode. Lionsgate Television produces the series for STARZ.

The original series premiered worldwide across all STARZ platforms, including on STARZ in the U.S. and Canada, and day and date internationally on the STARZPLAY premium streaming platform across its complete footprint in Europe, Latin America and Japan.

About "Power Book II: Ghost" - Season Two"Power Book II: Ghost" began its second season with Tariq St. Patrick still running from a legacy that haunted him. Forced into the choice to take the life of his professor, Jabari Reynolds, Tariq found himself drifting further from which he'd been fighting to protect: his family. While Tasha was in witness protection, Tariq knew he had to sacrifice anything to save what was left of his family. Unable to do it alone, he turned to those wielding power and influence: Davis MacLean and his new partner, Cooper Saxe, as well as Rashad Tate. All of these options came with a steep price, so it was back to business with the Tejadas. However, with two murders having involved Stansfield, Monet Tejada had to question if Tariq was the best for her family as she sought to protect her nephew's professional basketball prospects at all costs. Her younger kids, Dru and Diana, questioned her moves as she grew more distracted, especially when Monet went as far as trusting Cane again despite his actions against the family. While doing so, Monet found herself reconnecting with Mecca, a man who wanted to show her a whole new world, potentially at the cost of destroying her old one, and forced Monet to lean on Tariq, who had to decide what he really wanted and what he was going to sacrifice to get it.

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