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