Sometimes, a sync goes a long way. For rising independent Birmingham rapper Jaykae, the use of his track Toothache on US crime show Power has opened multiple doors.

Created by Courtney Kemp Agboh (The Good Wife), produced by 50 Cent and supervised by Jen Ross (Empire), Power stars Omari Hardwick as nightclub owner James St. Patrick (aka Ghost).

For its recently-concluded fourth season, Kemp Agboh and Ross handpicked Jaykae’s Toothache for a climactic prison scene, a moment the rapper describes ...