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Strapped
''Strapped'' is a 1993 American television crime drama film produced by HBO Showcase. The film was directed by Forest Whitaker and is the cinematic debut of Bokeem Woodbine. It features several rappers including Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Busta Rhymes, Yo-Yo and Kool Moe Dee. Plot Diquan Mitchell, a 19-year old ex-con, attempts to turn his life around and start legitimate work. At the beginning of the film, Mitchell witnesses an argument between two youths Chucky and Pharaoh in the stairwell of his apartment building upon arriving home. Deciding not to expose the youth who did the shooting to law enforcement, Mitchell takes the handgun used in the killing from him and tells him to run. Mitchell lives in a Brooklyn public housing project apartment with his mother, grandmother, and two sisters, and has a girlfriend named Latisha Jordan, who is 8 months pregnant. Mitchell's girlfriend who is also an ex-felon gets caught selling crack cocaine to an undercover New York officer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredro Starr
Fred Lee Scruggs Jr. (born April 18, 1971), better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor best known as a member of the hardcore rap group Onyx. Fredro Starr was discovered by the late hip hop star Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records. Onyx went on to release three top selling albums before Fredro began his solo career. As a part of Onyx, Fredro Starr was nominated as "Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist" on American Music Awards of 1994 and won "Best Rap Album" on 1994 Soul Train Music Awards. Fredro Starr has starred in more than 55 films and television shows. He made his acting debut in the HBO drama ''Strapped''. His film credits include Spike Lee's '' Clockers'', '' Sunset Park'', ''Ride'', '' Light It Up'', ''Save the Last Dance'' and ''Torque''. He also performed the ''Save the Last Dances theme song, "Shining Through", with Jill Scott on the multi-platinum soundtrack. Starr made his television debut in '' La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. In 1994 he portrayed Joshua, Jason's troubled brother, in ''Jason's Lyric''. He won a Black Reel Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his role as Kansas City enforcer Mike Milligan in the second season of '' Fargo''. Woodbine also portrayed Daniel in season 2 of the WGN series ''Underground'' and Herman Schultz/Shocker in the film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming''. Early life and education Woodbine was born on April 13, 1973, in Harlem, New York. He attended the Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, before transferring to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city. He is a lifelong martial arts practitioner having studied Hapkido and Shaolin Kung-Fu. Career With the encouragement of his actress mother, Woodbine entered show business at age 19 as a stand-in and extra in Ernest Dickerson's directorial debut, ''Juice'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kia Goodwin
Kia Joy Goodwin is an American actress. She is best known for her childhood role as Tiffany Holloway, Rose Holloway's daughter on the NBC comedy sitcom ''227'' for two seasons (1985–1987). Career Goodwin made her first television appearance commercially in 1976 for such products as M&M's, Jello Pudding, and AT&T. In 1981, she joined the First National Touring Company of ''Annie'', where she played the role of Duffy. After the tour closed in 1982, she went on to join the final Broadway cast of Annie playing the roles of Tessie and then Kate. At the same time, she went on to work on an ''ABC Afterschool Special'' in 1981, then appeared in 1984's '' Growing Up on Broadway''. In the spring of 1985, Goodwin was cast as Tiffany Holloway on the NBC sitcom ''227'' as a series regular during the show's first season. Goodwin's mother was unhappy in California and wanted to move back to New York, so she was let out of her contract and written out of the series after the second season, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticky Fingaz
Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973), better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz, is an American hardcore rapper, record producer, and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. Sticky Fingaz was discovered by Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C., who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records provided that Sticky would be in the group. His signature lazy eye, raspy voice, and boundless energy brought attention to the group, and he became the frontman. Onyx went on to release three top-selling albums before Sticky Fingaz began his solo career. Sticky Fingaz starred in more than 80 films and television shows. In 1993, he made his acting debut in Forest Whitaker's award-winning HBO drama ''Strapped''. His feature film credits include Spike Lee's '' Clockers'', '' In Too Deep'', ''Lockdown'', ''Doing Hard Time'' and '' Breaking Point'', but is best known for his role as "Tyrone" in ''Next Friday''. He made his television debut in ''New York Undercover'' and ''Nash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Forest Whitaker, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After making his film debut in ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (film), ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Good Morning, Vietnam'' (1987), ''Bird (1988 film), Bird'' (1988), ''The Crying Game'' (1992), ''Phenomenon (film), Phenomenon'' (1996), ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), ''The Great Debaters'' (2007), ''The Butler'' (2013), ''Arrival (film), Arrival'' (2016), and ''Respect (2021 American film), Respect'' (2021). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busta Rhymes
Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations for his work, making him one of the most-nominated artists without winning. Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School, a group that attracted national attention when they opened on tour for Public Enemy. He gained exposure for their guest appearance on A Tribe Called Quest's track "Scenario". Shortly thereafter, the group broke up, leading Rhymes to become a sought after solo artist, appearing on numerous tracks for other artists before his solo debut album, ''The Coming'' (1996). The album reached the top ten on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jermaine Hopkins
Jermaine R. “Huggy” Hopkins (born August 23, 1973) is an American television and film actor. Hopkins is best known for his roles as Dupree on The WB sitcom ''The Wayans Bros''. from 1996 to 1998, and as Thomas Sams in the 1989 film, '' Lean on Me'', Eric "Steel" Thurman in the 1992 crime drama thriller ''Juice'', Benny King in the 1996 film ''Phat Beach'' and Kilo in the 1997 comedy film ''Def Jam's How to Be a Player''. Career Born in Elizabeth New Jersey, Hopkins began his acting career as a teenager. At age 15, Hopkins fell into the acting business when his mother brought him to a casting-call audition in New York for the Warner Bros. feature '' Lean on Me'', in which he got a starring role opposite Morgan Freeman as Thomas Sams, a misguided drug-abusing high school student. His next project ''Juice'', directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, had him starring as Steel alongside Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, and Tupac Shakur. Hopkins subsequently starred in the HBO worldwide release ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington IV is an American actor and media personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series ''Grey's Anatomy'' from 2005 to 2007. Washington began his career collaborating with director Spike Lee on the films ''Crooklyn'' (1994), '' Clockers'' (1995), ''Girl 6'' (1996), and '' Get on the Bus'' (1996). He also appeared in the films '' Love Jones'' (1997), '' Bulworth'' (1998), ''True Crime'' (1999), '' Romeo Must Die'' (2000), '' Exit Wounds'' (2001), '' Ghost Ship'' (2002), and '' Hollywood Homicide'' (2003). In 2005, Washington landed his breakthrough role as Preston Burke on ''Grey's Anatomy''. He was dismissed after the third season due to his usage of a homophobic slur while referring to a cast member, T. R. Knight, although he would return for a guest appearance in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CW's science fiction television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hood Films
This is a list of hood films – films focusing on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and/or in some cases, Asian Americans living in segregated, low-income urban communities, as well as comparably deprived and crime-ridden communities in other countries such as the UK. List of hood films 1970s *''The Harder They Come'', 1972 *''Cooley High'', 1975 *''Walk Proud'', 1979 1980s *'' The Outsiders'', 1983 *''Rumble Fish'', 1983 *''Colors'', 1988 *''Do the Right Thing'', 1989 1990s *''King of New York'', 1990 *''New Jack City'', 1991 *''Boyz n the Hood'', 1991 *'' Straight Out of Brooklyn'', 1991 *''Deep Cover'', 1992 *''Juice'', 1992 *'' Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.'', 1992 *''American Me'', 1992 *'' South Central'', 1992 *''Trespass'', 1992 *''Menace II Society'', 1993 *''Blood In Blood Out'', 1993 *''Strapped'', 1993 *''Poetic Justice'', 1993 *''Above the Rim'', 1994 *'' I Like It Like That'', 1994 *'' Sugar Hill'', 1994 *''Mi Vida Loca'', 1994 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Wasson
Craig Wasson (born March 15, 1954) is an American actor. He made his film debut in ''Rollercoaster'' (1977). He is best known for his roles as Jake Scully in Brian DePalma's ''Body Double'' (1984), and Neil Gordon in Chuck Russell's '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). For his role as Danilo Prozor in Arthur Penn's '' Four Friends'' (1981), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Early life Wasson was born March 15, 1954 in Ontario, Oregon. Career Wasson's first feature film was the 1977 suspense thriller ''Rollercoaster''. In 1978, he appeared in two films about the Vietnam war: first as a private in ''The Boys in Company C'' and then as a corporal in ''Go Tell the Spartans''. He also wrote and sang the haunting folk song "Here I Am (In Vietnam)", which served as the theme song for ''The Boys in Company C''. Craig starred in the short-lived 1980 TV series ''Skag''. In 1981, he played Don Wanderley, a junior English professor in the film ''Ghost Story' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez (born March 18, 1965) is a Cuban-American actor and musician. He has appeared in ''Runaway Bride (film), Runaway Bride'' (1999), ''Bad Boys II'' (2003), ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'' (2005), ''American Gangster (film), American Gangster'' (2007), ''The A-Team (film), The A-Team'' (2010), ''Captain Phillips (film), Captain Phillips'' (2013), ''The Infiltrator (2016 film), The Infiltrator'' (2016), ''Midnight, Texas'' (2017–2018), Russian Doll (TV series), ''Russian Doll'' (2019), and Severance (TV series), ''Severance'' (2022). Vazquez used to be the lead guitarist for melodic rock bands Urgent (American band), Urgent and Diving for Pearls. Early life Vazquez was born in Cuba on March 18, 1965 and came to the United States with his family as part of the Cuban exodus, Cuban Exodus in 1971. He was named after Russian actor Yul Brynner. He grew up in Miami in a studio apartment with his mother, grandmother and older sister, thus being the youngest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo-Yo (rapper)
Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yo-Yo (born August 4, 1971) is an American rapper and actress. Much of Yo-Yo's music advocates female empowerment. She is the protégé of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo has dubbed her crew the IBWC, Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition. Career Music Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's 1990 debut studio album ''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'' on the track "It's a Man's World". Cube returned the favor by appearing on "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo", on Yo-Yo's 1991 debut album, ''Make Way for the Motherlode''. Each of the videos for the singles from the album were directed by Okuwah Garrett of Power Films. Her follow-up album released in 1992, ''Black Pearl'', was well received by critics,Abdul-Adil, Jaleel (August 1, 1993), "Yo Yo and MC Lyte Turn Tables on Male Rappers", ''Chicago Sun-Times'', p. 9 partly because of its focus on positive messages and uplifting themes that heavily contrasted with the popular gangsta rap style at the time. Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
