

86 minutes
9/6/2000
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.

Pras Michel
as Denzel / Diamond

Ja Rule
as David 'Gage' Williams

Jason Statham
as Mr. B

Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Cliff

Tamala Jones
as Kia

John Ralston
as Mr. White

Chris Messina
as Baz

Eugene Clark
as Marshall

Derwin Jordan
as Seamus

Patrice Goodman
as Jane

Chang Tseng
as Mr. Chang
Harry-O
as Master Mix
Elain R. Graham
as Rose

Faith Evans
as Natalie

Melyssa Ford
as Deborah
Jeff Jones
as Minister
LeRoy Allen
as Security Guard
Shinehead
as Smiley
DJ Skribble
as DJ

Conrad Dunn
as Urie

Patricia Velásquez
Julianna Stojkic
as Pregnant Slavic Woman
Ted Clark
as Crusher
Errol Gee
as Tyrone
Camillo Eugene Natale
as Slick (as Cam Natalie)
Robert Dodds
as JT
Richard Brown
as Choir Singer
Lionel Williams
as Choir Singer