Joey Bada$$ Fans React To Character's Surprise Return In 'Power Book III: Raising Kanan'

Joey Bada$$ has made his return to Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and fans could not believe their eyes after the Flatbush rapper announced his departure over a month ago.

When Joey Bada$$ reappeared in the Raising Kanan season finale, which premiered on STARZ on Thursday night (February 8), fans took to social media to showcase their astonishment.

One user could not help but issue spoilers for the show-stopping finale, posting on X (formerly Twitter): “Lou tried to kill himself. Kanan kills Ronnie. Raw kills Howard. Unique is still alive. Yeah, I spoiled it for you. So what. Raising Kanan is the best of all Power’s, including the original. I said it so you don’t have to.”

With Unique rising above Ronnie’s cold dead body, viewers from home could see Joey Badass standing in his black hoodie, face scarred across his forehead, right eye barely open, staring directly at the camera to signify his surprising return.

Other responses to the 50 Cent-produced finale have ranged from elated to speechless, resorting to GIFs as their only form of reaction.

One fan claimed, “Now That’s How You Do A Season Finale,” while another fan already started looking towards the next chapter: “Kanan killed Ronnie, Raq killed Howard, then Unique pop up from the dead .. Yeah Season 4 about to be something serious!”

On the other hand, a more skeptical fan declared that they knew Joey had been lying from the beginning.

“Listen here I love him n everything but Idc what Joey said,” the commenter wrote. “Until I see a body Unique NOT dead. [shrug emoji] The writers had me thinking Lamar in#BMF was dead too and he wasn’t. Playing w my emotions n shit. Ion trust y’all, fuck that [laughing emoji].”

Some users pointed out that Unique even foreshadowed his return, “So y’all forgot the ep. when UNIQUE said ‘UNTIL THAT BODY SHOWS UP HE AINT DEAD’.”

Last month, Joey Bada$$ revealed that he was just as disappointed as his fans to find out that his character had been written out of 50 Cent’s popular Power universe.However, the Pro Era MC also offered some insight as to what led to his departure from the show.

“Unfortunately, I do have two careers that I’m balancing,” he said. “So I had to go on tour, and we just kinda couldn’t make it work. So they had to take out Unique. Who knows, though. Maybe we can start a petition or somethin and tell 50 Cent to bring me back.”

In an interview with PEOPLE, BADMON reiterated the same sentiment: “This type of role was something that I held back on playing for a long time because I just didn’t want to get pigeonholed into being a drug dealer-type of actor because I was a rapper. I felt like that was so close to home.”