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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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
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Screenplay
Gerard Brown
Tagline
"In the Ghettos of Harlem you don't buy respect... you earn it."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$20,146,880
Production
Paramount Pictures, Island World, Original Film
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