Full Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
Full Cast
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
Crew
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Screenplay
Gerard Brown
Screenplay
Ralph McDaniels
Associate Producer
Ernest R. Dickerson
Story
James Bigwood
Associate Producer
Gerard Brown
Associate Producer
Preston L. Holmes
Co-Producer
The Bomb Squad
Original Music Composer
Hank Shocklee
Original Music Composer
Larry Banks
Director of Photography
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
Carol 'Ci Ci' Campbell
Additional Hairstylist
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist
Joe Cuervo
Makeup Artist
Debra D. Jeffreys
Assistant Production Manager
Kerry Orent
Post Production Supervisor
Brent Owens
Production Manager
Fred Styles
Production Manager
H.H. Cooper
Second Assistant Director
Randy Fletcher
First Assistant Director
Dale M. Nielsen
Second Second Assistant Director
Dale Pierce-Johnson
Second Second Assistant Director
Kia Puriefoy
Second Second Assistant Director
Anthony Baldasare
Props
Joel Barkow
Set Dresser
Walter Blake
Carpenter
William Butler
Assistant Property Master
Elizabeth DeLuna
Set Dresser
Diann Duthie
Draughtsman
Edward Ioffreda
Graphic Designer
Kevin Ladson
Property Master
Timothy Main
Carpenter
Teresa Mastropierro
Charge Scenic Artist
Kim Meinelt
Scenic Artist
Gus Papadopoulos
Leadman
Addison Pettit
Construction Coordinator
Jennifer M. Savoie
Art Department Coordinator
Yvonne Smith
Scenic Artist
Daniel Talpers
Draughtsman
Mitch Towse
Set Dresser
Keith Wall
Set Dresser
Nancy Cabrera
Foley Artist
Michael J. Cerone
ADR Recordist
Michael J. Cerone
Foley Recordist
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harriet Fidlow
ADR Editor
John Fundus
Boom Operator
Wendy Hedin
Sound Effects Editor
Wendy Hedin
Supervising Sound Editor
Rosa Howell-Thornhill
Playback Coordinator
Raymond Karpicki
Sound Editor
Lisa J. Levine
ADR Supervisor
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith
ADR Editor
Beriau Picard
Sound Editor
Linda Russo
Foley Artist
Frank Stettner
Production Sound Mixer
Paul Zydel
ADR Mixer
Paul Zydel
Foley Mixer
Edward Drohan III
Special Effects
Edward Drohan IV
Special Effects
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Norman Douglass
Stunts
Jery Hewitt
Stunts
Chuck Jeffreys
Stunts
David S. Lomax
Stunts
John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
Stunts
Michael Russo
Stunts
Gregg Smrz
Stunts
Jeff Ward
Stunt Coordinator
Andre Banks
Gaffer
Michael Barry
Additional Camera
Robby Baumgartner
Best Boy Electric
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Lamont Crawford
Grip
C.A. Griffith
First Assistant Camera
Eric Leigh
Electrician
James McMillan
Key Grip
Phil Oetiker
Camera Operator
Lance E. Phox
Gaffer
John Pirozzi
Dolly Grip
Floyd A.B. Rance III
Second Assistant Camera
Nate Ranger
Assistant Camera
Peter Sillen
Second Assistant Camera
Paige Thomas
Camera Trainee
Joseph Trammell
Video Assist Operator
Marcus Turner
Grip
Elloise Dover
Extras Casting
Sharon D. King
Location Casting
Winsome Sinclair
Extras Casting
Sandra Hernandez
Assistant Costume Designer
Dale Watkins
Location Manager
James Flatto
Music Editor
Kathy Nelson
Music Supervisor
James P. Nichols
Score Engineer
Shari L. Carpenter
Script Supervisor
Patrick Hogan
Driver
John E. Ferraro
Production Executive
Sarah Gyllenstierna
Production Assistant
Julia Morgan
Production Assistant
Rick Washburn
Weapons Master
Neal H. Moritz
Producer
David Heyman
Producer
Peter Frankfurt
Producer
Sam Pollard
Editor
Brunilda Torres
Editor
Jaki Brown
Casting
Lester Cohen
Production Design
Alyssa Winter
Set Decoration
Donna Berwick
Costume Design