cast
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Omar Epps
Quincy 'Q' Powell
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Tupac Shakur
Roland Bishop
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Khalil Kain
Raheem Porter
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Jermaine Hopkins
Steel
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Cindy Herron
Yolanda
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Samuel L. Jackson
Trip
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Queen Latifah
Ruffhouse M.C.
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Vincent Laresca
Radames
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Michael Badalucco
Detective Kelly
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Donald Faison
Student
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Maggie Rush
Myra
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Bruklin Harris
Keesha
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Bokeem Woodbine
Patron
- Grace Garland Q's Mother
- John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin Cop #1
- Norman Douglass Cop #2
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John Di Benedetto
Cop #3
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George O. Gore II
Brian
- Victor Campos Quiles
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Eric Payne
Frank
- Sharon Cook Record Store Clerk
- Darien Berry Blizzard
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Flex Alexander
Contest Auditioner
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Rony Clanton
Detective Markham
- Jacqui Dickerson Sweets
- Pablo Guzman TV Reporter
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Steel's Mother
- Randy Frazier Steel's Father
- Oran "Juice" Jones Snappy Nappy Dugout
- Mitch Marchand Kid at Trip's
- Corwin Moore Sam
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Lauren Jones
Raheem's Mother
- Birdie M. Hale Bishop's Grandma
- L.B. Williams Bishop's Father
- Eddie Joe Bartender
- Christopher Rubin Doctor
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Ed Lover
Contest Judge
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Doctor Dré
Contest Judge
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Fab 5 Freddy
Self
- Erick Sermon Bar Patron
- Parrish "PMD" Smith Bar Patron
- Juanita Troy-Keitt Homeless Woman
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Treach
Radame’s Homie (uncredited)
- Moses Edinborough MTV Producer (uncredited)
- Ed "Special Ed" Archer Keesha's Boyfriend (uncredited)
- Stretch Tall Man in Club (uncredited)
- T-Money T-Money (uncredited)
- Millicent Terraine Woman (uncredited)
- George Letrell Radames' Gang (uncredited)
- Al Shaw Ki Moore Dancer (uncredited)
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Kool DJ Red Alert
Concert Judge (uncredited)
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Yolanda Whitaker
Girl At Party