96 minutes
1/17/1992
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Omar Epps
as Quincy 'Q' Powell
Tupac Shakur
as Roland Bishop
Khalil Kain
as Raheem Porter
Jermaine Hopkins
as Steel
Cindy Herron
as Yolanda
Samuel L. Jackson
as Trip
Queen Latifah
as Ruffhouse M.C.
Vincent Laresca
as Radames
Michael Badalucco
as Detective Kelly
Donald Faison
as Student
Maggie Rush
as Myra
Bruklin Harris
as Keesha
Bokeem Woodbine
as Patron
Grace Garland
as Q's Mother
John Patrick McLaughlin
as Cop #1
Norman Douglass
as Cop #2
John Di Benedetto
as Cop #3
George O. Gore II
as Brian
Victor Campos
as Quiles
Eric Payne
as Frank
Sharon Cook
as Record Store Clerk
Darien Berry
as Blizzard
Flex Alexander
as Contest Auditioner
Rony Clanton
as Detective Markham
Jacqui Dickerson
as Sweets
Pablo Guzman
as TV Reporter
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Steel's Mother
Randy Frazier
as Steel's Father
Oran "Juice" Jones
as Snappy Nappy Dugout
Mitchell Marchand
as Kid at Trip's
Corwin Moore
as Sam
Lauren Jones
as Raheem's Mother
Birdie M. Hale
as Bishop's Grandma
L.B. Williams
as Bishop's Father
Eddie Joe
as Bartender
Christopher Rubin
as Doctor
Ed Lover
as Contest Judge
Doctor Dré
as Contest Judge
Fab 5 Freddy
as Self
Erick Sermon
as Bar Patron
Parrish "PMD" Smith
as Bar Patron
Juanita Troy-Keitt
as Homeless Woman
Treach
as Radame’s Homie (uncredited)
Moses Edinborough
as MTV Producer (uncredited)
Ed "Special Ed" Archer
as Keesha's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Stretch
as Tall Man in Club (uncredited)
T-Money
as T-Money (uncredited)
Millicent Terraine
as Woman (uncredited)
George Letrell
as Radames' Gang (uncredited)
Al Shaw Ki Moore
as Dancer (uncredited)
Kool DJ Red Alert
as Concert Judge (uncredited)