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.
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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.
Release Date
1992-01-17
Language:
EN
Budget:
$5,000,000.00
Revenue:
$20,146,880.00
Duration:
96 mins
Status:
Released
Genres:
CrimeDramaThriller
Casts
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 )
Crews
Ernest R. Dickerson Screenplay
Ernest R. Dickerson Director
Gerard Brown Screenplay
Ralph McDaniels Associate Producer
Hank Shocklee Original Music Composer
Preston L. Holmes Co-Producer
Walter Blake Carpenter
Kim Meinelt Scenic Artist
Addison Pettit Construction Coordinator
Jennifer M. Savoie Art Department Coordinator
Michael J. Cerone ADR Recordist
David S. Lomax Stunts
James McMillan Key Grip
Shari L. Carpenter Script Supervisor
Kevin Ladson Property Master
Rick Dior Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Beriau Picard Sound Editor
Lamont Crawford Grip
C.A. Griffith First Assistant Camera
Joe Cuervo Makeup Artist
John Fundus Boom Operator
Linda Russo Foley Artist
Elloise Dover Extras Casting
The Bomb Squad Original Music Composer
Debra D. Jeffreys Assistant Production Manager
Diann Duthie Draughtsman
Michael J. Cerone Foley Recordist
Floyd A.B. Rance III Second Assistant Camera
Randy Fletcher First Assistant Director
Dale Pierce-Johnson Second Second Assistant Director