Rapper and actor Joey Bada$$ speaks on the rising popularity of his character “Unique,” the anticipation of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4, and more.
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00:00And if you can answer this question too, man, when you first were brought on to the show,
00:06what was your vision for Unique and how did that vision turn out so far?
00:10My vision for him was exactly who he seemed to be.
00:15You know what I mean?
00:17My vision was that people would take a liking to him, right?
00:24Because he had this charisma, he had this charm, even though he was on the other side.
00:31And I think it played out well.
00:33And I think once I wore the character, it gave the writers some type of inspiration
00:40to take his character development in a certain way because they saw what I was able to do
00:49with him.
00:50Because originally, Unique was supposed to be an overcast.
00:53He was supposed to be played by somebody who was older.
00:57But when I went in for the audition, Sasha, he rolled the dice on me.
01:02He was like, yeah, nah, I like what this kid is doing with it.
01:06And with each episode that we shot, it just allowed me to kind of get more comfortable
01:12and comfortable to do things like trust my instincts, which is, for me, a strength, right?
01:20Because even the love bond between Unique and Rock, I don't think the writers initially
01:28had that in mind.
01:30But if you remember, or if you go back to season one, when Unique and Rock meet up in
01:37the park for the first time, and after their exchange, I literally did an ad-lib of a line.
01:45And I kind of flirted with her character.
01:48I told her something about, oh, you need to come to the shop, let me work on that jacket
01:52for you.
01:53And I think that was the first time that the writers saw, oh, snap, this could go somewhere.
02:01You know what I mean?
02:02So I definitely thank the whole production team for allowing me the freedom to be able
02:09to even do things like that.
02:11Because I was definitely able to contribute to the path that this character was on.