‘The Boys’ Star Daveed Diggs Explains How He Wrote His Emmy-Nominated Oh Father Song “Raise Him Up” (and What It Was Like Shooting That “Chekov’s Ball Gag” Death Scene)

Prime Video‘s The Boys has long been considered one of the most overlooked shows by the Television Academy, so it was heartening to see Season 5 standout Daveed Diggs earn an Emmy nomination this year, along with Christopher Lennertz, for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for writing the show-stopping song, “Raise Him Up.” Diggs, an actor, musician, song-writer, and artist perhaps most famous for his Tony-winning dual performances in Broadway’s Hamilton, joined The Boys for the show’s fifth and final season. He played Oh Father, a super-powered preacher who believed that the villainous Homelander (Antony Starr) should become America’s new god, mainly because it would be lucrative for him. Oh Father’s religious grift reaches its ultimate fever pitch in The Boys‘ penultimate episode, “Th