Ernest R. Dickerson

Director

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

John Di Benedetto

Cop #3

George O. Gore II

Brian

Eric Payne

Frank

Flex Alexander

Contest Auditioner

Rony Clanton

Detective Markham

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Steel's Mother

Lauren Jones

Raheem's Mother

Ed Lover

Contest Judge

Doctor Dré

Contest Judge

Fab 5 Freddy

self

Treach

Radame’s Homie (uncredited)

Kool DJ Red Alert

Concert Judge (uncredited)

Yolanda Whitaker

Girl At Party

Grace Garland

Q's Mother

John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin

Cop #1

Norman Douglass

Cop #2

Victor Campos

Quiles

Sharon Cook

Record Store Clerk

Darien Berry

Blizzard

Jacqui Dickerson

Sweets

Pablo Guzman

TV Reporter

Randy Frazier

Steel's Father

Oran "Juice" Jones

Snappy Nappy Dugout

Mitch Marchand

Kid at Trip's

Corwin Moore

Sam

Birdie M. Hale

Bishop's Grandma

L.B. Williams

Bishop's Father

Eddie Joe

Bartender

Christopher Rubin

Doctor

Erick Sermon

Bar Patron

Parrish "PMD" Smith

Bar Patron

Juanita Troy-Keitt

Homeless Woman

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)