• 1992

  Release Date

• January 17th, 1992

• Runtime

• 96 minutes

• Synopsis

• 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.

• CAST

• Omar Epps - Quincy 'Q' Powell,   Tupac Shakur - Roland Bishop,   Khalil Kain - Raheem Porter,   Jermaine Hopkins - Steel,   Cindy Herron - Yolanda,   Samuel L. Jackson - Trip,   Queen Latifah - Ruffhouse M.C.,   Vincent Laresca - Radames,   Michael Badalucco - Detective Kelly,   Donald Faison - Student,   Maggie Rush - Myra,   Bruklin Harris - Keesha,   Bokeem Woodbine - Patron,   Grace Garland - Q's Mother,   John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin - Cop #1,   Norman Douglass - Cop #2,   John Di Benedetto - Cop #3,   George O. Gore II - Brian,   Victor Campos - Quiles,   Eric Payne - Frank,   Sharon Cook - Record Store Clerk,   Darien Berry - Blizzard,   Flex Alexander - Contest Auditioner,   Rony Clanton - Detective Markham,   Jacqui Dickerson - Sweets,   Pablo Guzman - TV Reporter,   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,   Lauren Jones - Raheem's Mother,   Birdie M. Hale - Bishop's Grandma,   L.B. Williams - Bishop's Father,   Eddie Joe - Bartender,   Christopher Rubin - Doctor,   Ed Lover - Contest Judge,   Doctor Dré - Contest Judge,   Fab 5 Freddy - Self,   Erick Sermon - Bar Patron,   Parrish "PMD" Smith - Bar Patron,   Juanita Troy-Keitt - Homeless Woman,   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),   Kool DJ Red Alert - Concert Judge (uncredited),   Yolanda Whitaker - Girl At Party     

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