Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson Written by Ernest R. Dickerson   Gerard Brown   Cast Omar Epps ... Q Tupac Shakur ... Bishop Jermaine Hopkins ... Steel Khalil Kain ... Raheem Cindy Herron ... Yolanda Vincent Laresca ... Radames Samuel L. Jackson ... Trip George Gore II ... Brian (as George O. Gore) Grace Garland ... Q's Mother Queen Latifah ... Ruffhouse M.C. Bruklin Harris ... Keesha (as Idina Harris) Victor Campos ... Quiles Eric Payne ... Frank Sharon Cook ... Record Store Clerk Darien Berry ... Blizzard Maggie Rush ... Myra Flex Alexander ... Contest Auditioner (as Mark 'Flex' Knox) Rony Clanton ... Detective Markham Michael Badalucco ... Detective Kelly (as Mike Badalucco) Jacqui Dickerson ... Sweets Pablo Guzmán ... TV Reporter (as Pablo Guzman) Randy Frazier ... Steel's Father LaTanya Richardson Jackson ... Steel's Mother (as Latanya Richardson) 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 Donald Faison ... Student Eddie Joe ... Bartender John Patrick McLaughlin ... Cop #1 Norman Douglass ... Cop #2 John Di Benedetto ... Cop #3 (as John DiBenedetto) Christopher Rubin ... Doctor Juanita Troy-Keitt ... Homeless Woman Ed Lover ... Contest Judge Doctor Dré ... Contest Judge (as Dr. Dre) Fab 5 Freddy ... Self (as Fab 5 Freddie) EPMD ... Bar Patron Erick Sermon ... Bar Patron Parrish Smith ... Bar Patron Uncredited Cast Anthony 'Treach' Criss ... Radames' homie Moses Edinborough ... MTV Producer George Letrell ... Radames' gang Al Shaw Ki Moore ... Dancer Kool DJ Red Alert ... Concert judge Special Ed ... Keesha's Boyfriend Stretch ... Tall Man in Club T-Money ... TMoney Millicent Terraine ... Woman Produced by James Bigwood   Gerard Brown   Peter Frankfurt   David Heyman   Preston L. Holmes   Ralph McDaniels   Neal H. Moritz   Original Music by The Bomb Squad Hank Shocklee

Additional Info Premiere: January 17, 1992 DVD Release: January 16, 2001 Blu-ray Release: June 06, 2017 Countries: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Angel Town 2 Production Companies Island World Original Film (as Moritz-Heyman) Distributors Fox Broadcasting Company   (1994) (USA) (TV) (Broadcast Premiere) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Paramount Home Media Distribution   (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (USA) (VHS) Paramount Television   (1994) (USA) (TV) (syndication) TeleFutura   (2004) (USA) (TV) (dubbed) Trifecta Entertainment and Media   (2009) (USA) (TV) (syndicated print) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,053 / 20,736 Site Ranking #3,049 What Men Want (2019) #3,050 The Wolf Man (1941) #3,051 The Invitation (2022) #3,052 Zombie (1979) #3,053 Juice (1992) #3,054 Young Rock: Season 1 (2021) #3,055 Pulse (2006) #3,056 Silver Bullet (1985) #3,057 I Spit On Your Grave (1978)