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 | Q-Tip as Elijah Dixon |
 | Mary J. Blige as Mom |
 | Harold Perrineau as Uncle Cee |
 | Fat Joe as Big Pete |
 | Ian 'Blaze' Kelly as Inmate |
 | Eric McCollum as Thomas Wilson |
| Denee Rivera as Jolie Martinez |
| Justin 'DJ' Spaulding as Young Elijah |
 | Javier Nunez as Eugene |
 | Elvis Costello as Public Defender / Teacher |
 | Fisher Stevens as Prosecutor |
 | Snow as Officer McIntyre |
| Joe Paradise as Chief Berry |
| Danny Hoch as Harris |
 | Bobbito Garcia as Brown |
 | Hassan Johnson as Jay |
| Clay Da Raider as KT |
| Casper Martinez as C.O. Villar |
 | Jamie Hector as Phone Kid |
 | Mateo Gómez as Mr. Gonzalez |
 | Ryan Toby as Teacher's Assistant |
| Peggy A. Kirkpatrick as Group Home Counselor |
 | N.O.R.E. as Big Ski |
| Dominique Walters as Young Thomas (as Dominique 'Lil Nique' Walters) |
| Jeremy Peter Johnson as Laser Cop |
| John C. Havens as Interviewer |
 | Patrick McDade as Mr. Lloyd (as Pat McDade) |
 | Jamie Tirelli as Mr. Mercer |
| Montay Walters as Big Boy (as Montay 'Tay Boogie' Walters) |
| Curtis Carrott as C.O. Steve (as Curt 'Flirt' Carrott) |
 | Michael Sean Tighe as Cop #1 |
| Douglas Crosby as Cop #2 (as Doug Crosby) |
 | Nick Sullivan as Financial Aid Advisor |
 | Fidel Vicioso as Polaroid Guy |
| Tomas Melly as Hector |
| Marc Freeman Hamm as Isiah |
| Michael H. Ingram as Elijah's Judge (as Michael Ingram) |
| Alton Clinton as Mark |
 | Gloria Irizarry as Mrs. Williamson |
| Nan Jackson as Ms. Leone |
 | Charles Malik Whitfield as Officer Welles |
| Donald Jackson as Photographer |
| Walter Leon as Polo'd Out Student |
 | Ephraim Benton as Rahmel |
 | Vincenzo Amato as Store Owner |
| Bob Colletti as Supervisor |
 | Cesar de León as Tyrone |
| Ebony Jerido as Bernadette |
| Alexis Hyman as Young Girl (as Alexis 'L. Dionne' Hyman) |
| Donovon Ian H. McKnight as Jess (as Donovon Ian Hunter McKnight) |
| Raefel J. Mallea as Tiny |
| Tom McCarthy as Cee's Judge |
| Bridget McConnell as Shareholder (as Bridget Mary McConnell) |
| Taina Hernandez as News Reporter |
| Herbert Spaulding as C.O. |
 | Seth William Meier as Laser Cop #2 (as Seth Meier) |
| Mister Fischer as C.O. #2 (as Mr. Fischer) |
| Larry Weiss as Counselor #2 |
 | Brian Anthony Wilson as Prison C.O. (as Brian A. Wilson) |
 | Patrick Morrison as Shareholder C.O. |
| Universal as Lockdown C.O. |
| Damali Mason as Cafeteria C.O. |
 | Tony Devon as Prison Guard Lawrence |
 | Kash Goins as Mike (Inmate) |
| Jamie Gonzalez as Correction Officer Villar |
| Francesco Scorsone as Riot Guard / Court Officer |
 | Dakota Anderson as Inmate (uncredited) |
| Natalie Paige Bentley as Officer McIntyre's Wife (uncredited) |
| Todd Birmingham as Inmate (uncredited) |
| Brandon E. Brooks as Inmate (uncredited) |
| John Bryant as Inmate on Bus (uncredited) |
| Kenny Guay as Boy on bus (uncredited) |
| Marguerite Mastromatto as Attorney (uncredited) |
| Theron Smith as Foster Child (uncredited) |
 | Luna Lauren Vélez as Prison Counselor (uncredited) |
 | John Wooten as Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Writing | |
| Darnell Martin | Writer |
Directing | |
| Darnell Martin | Director |
Writing | |
| Q-Tip | Writer |
Crew | |
| G.A. Aguilar | Stunt Coordinator |
Production | |
| Robert De Niro | Producer |
Camera | |
| Alexander Gruszynski | Director of Photography |
