Directed by Craig Brewer Written by Scott Alexander   Larry Karaszewski   Cast Eddie Murphy ... Rudy Keegan-Michael Key ... Jerry Mike Epps ... Jimmy Craig Robinson ... Ben Tituss Burgess ... Toney Da'Vine Joy Randolph ... Lady Reed Kodi Smit-McPhee ... Nick Snoop Dogg ... Roj Ron Cephas Jones ... Ricco Barry Shabaka Henley ... Demond Tip 'T.I.' Harris ... Walter Crane (as Tip 'TI' Harris) Luenell ... Aunt Tasha Smith ... Jimmy's Wife Wesley Snipes ... D'Urville Martin Chris Rock ... Bobby Vale Aleksandar Filimonovic ... Joseph Bihari Ivo Nandi ... Julius Bihari Michael Peter Bolus ... Lester Bihari Kazy Tauginas ... Saul Bihari Bj Bingham ... Dolphin Customer (as B.J. Bingham) Claude Phillips ... Hobo #1 Arthur Fuller ... Hobo #2 Jill Savel ... White Actress Baker Powell ... Steven Dodd Henry Monfries ... White Boy #2 John Michael Herndon ... Middle Aged Actor / Warden Jernard Burks ... Club Owner Monique StaTeena ... D'urville's Date Joshua Weinstein ... John McCarthy / Dimension Executive #1 Allen Rueckert ... Allan Jon Fox / Dimension Executive #2 Gerald Downey ... Bob Brooks / Dimension Executive #3 Bernadine Durham ... Mama Bobby Milhouse ... Boy's Father Lamar Edwards ... Ben Taylor's Band Keyboard (as Lamar 'Mars' Edwards) Carlos McSwain ... Ben Taylor's Band Drums (as Never Forgotten Carlos 'Los' McSwain) Brandon Owens ... Ben Taylor's Band Bass Chucc Hamilton ... Ben Taylor's Band Guitar James Ford ... Ben Taylor's Band Trumpet #1 (as James Ford III) Johnny Britt ... Ben Taylor's Band Trumpet #2 Wendell Kelly ... Ben Taylor's Band Trombone Amy Keys ... Ben's Revelation Funk Band Female Backup Singer #1 Maiya Sykes ... Ben's Revelation Funk Band Female Backup Singer #2 Nayanna Holley ... Ben's Revelation Funk Band Female Backup Singer #3 Edward Rudell Johnson ... Ben's Revelation Funk Band Male Backup Singer #1 John Fluker ... Ben's Revelation Funk Band Male Backup Singer #2 Lamar Usher ... Black DJ #1 Akono Dixon ... Agitated Young Man Milan Carter ... Larry Munn De Mann ... Scott Still (as De Mann) Kezii Curtis ... Boy Krystian Alexander Lyttle ... Son (as Krystian Little) Sade E. Moore ... Stripper and Whore #1 Chelsea Gilson ... Carrie Mills Cheryl Francis Harrington ... Box Office Lady Toni Duclottni ... Crystal Garland Whitt ... Theater Manager (as Garland C. Whitt) Cole S. McKay ... FBI Agent #1 Saudia Rashed ... Chantel Apodaca Dale Gibson ... FBI Agent #2 Phil Abrams ... Lou Drozen Quartay DeNaya ... Pretty Girl (as Quartay DeNaya Barnslater) Bobby Rush ... Bobby Rush James Cornelison ... Bobby Rush's Band Guitar Lyndon Rochelle ... Bobby Rush's Band Drums Edwin Livingston ... Bobby Rush's Band Bass Damon Wilson ... Bobby Rush's Band Keyboard John Floyd ... Bobby Rush's Band Trombone Jimmie Kirkpatrick ... Bobby Rush's Band Trumpet (as Jimmie 'JJ' Kirkpatrick) Gina Lohman ... Irritable White Lady Nikol Davis ... Woman in Tallahassee Juke Joint Bubba Ganter ... Heavy Set Man Alfonso Christian Lover ... Manager Dorothy Schock ... Old Lady Demetrius Hodges ... Movie Goer Eric Reed ... Club Ebony Band Keyboard Brandon Stewart ... Club Ebony Band Drums Budda Foster ... Club Ebony Band Mandolin Robert Amerson ... Guitar Player Tallahassee Yena Kim ... Sound Mixer Taylor Ellington ... P.A. Megan McEwen ... Script Supervisor Matthew Jablonski ... FX Tech Justin Campbell ... Drummer #1 Sidney Hopson ... Drummer #2 Catrina Gaston ... Fan #3 Erik Kilpatrick ... Street Guy #1 Myles Williamson ... Owen Rob Smith ... Professional Engineer David B. Lyons ... Commercial Engineer (as David Lyons) Tommie Earl Jenkins   Anika C. McFall ... Dolphin Records Singer (as Anika Christina) Rudy Ray Moore ... Himself (archive footage) Uncredited Cast LaNease Adams ... Dolemite's Girl Paige Annette ... California Cocktail Waitress Davon Anthony ... Gangbanger R.J. Asher ... Movie Premiere Attendee Adria Malcom Aziz ... Waitress #2 Joseph Beck ... Boring White Man Darryl Blalock ... Gang Banger Rocky Bonifield ... Tight Ass Woman Timothy P. Brown ... Fan #2 Tony Brown ... Barbershop Customer Benjamin Carlton ... Club Patron Leonel Claude ... Smoo Ji Aaron Craven ... Colton Silverman Dominique Domingo ... Gossiper Tiarra Dowell ... Movie Theater Patron Knajula Edwards ... Foxy Li Eubanks ... Donna Justin Gant ... White Boy #3 Ryan Goldsmith ... Junkie in the Dunbar Hotel Valerie Hall ... Movie Theater Patron Darrell Keith Harris ... Rancid-Heroin Addict Fatimah Hassan ... Movie Theater Worker Jarell Henry ... Club Patron George 'G Dot' Hill ... Theatre Patron Larry Hopson ... Movie Fan Camryn Howard ... Pool Boy Denise Jaxon ... Club Patron Charles Jake Johnson ... Makeout Couple Khafre King ... Club Patron Mark Krenik ... Premiere Photographer Ronin Lee ... Heckler Peggy Lenora ... Special Guest Jamaal Lewis ... Dolphin Records Man Ro Lott ... Mississippi Waitress Anyi Malik ... Fan #1 Luke Matheis ... Record Label Employee Denise Milfort ... Charline Peggy Morgan ... Special Guest Thashawn Morgan ... Bartender Bob Odenkirk ... Lawrence Woolner Matthew Osborne ... Gang Banger David Parkman ... Dolphin Records Man Doug Payton ... Barber #2 Stephaun Pender ... Theater Guest Adam Pepper ... Club Patron Kondwani Phiri ... Celeb Radcliff Redding ... Dressy Patron Chris Reese ... Baton Rouge Lounge Customer Shannon Reynosa ... Dolemite Girl Ashley Samuels ... Club Patron David M Sandoval Jr. ... Car Driver Cjon Saulsberry ... Prisoner Eric Shackelford ... Groovy Theater Guy Deidra Shanell ... Rudy Ray Moore's Girl Martel Shaw ... California Club Goer Isis Sinclair ... Whore #5 Kareem Spann ... Movie Patron Jenny Steadman ... Boring White Lady Arlene Sylvester ... Twerker A.J. Tannen ... Randall Spade Phylicia Townes ... Restaurant Patron Andre Warmsley ... Late Comer Kamila Washington ... LA Pedestrian London Worthy ... L.A. Pedestrian Produced by Michael Beugg   John Davis   John Fox   Charisse M. Hewitt   Eddie Murphy   Rob Smith   Bryan Yaconelli   Original Music by Scott Bomar

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