Starring Tupac Shakur, Omar Epps and Khalil Kain Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson Bishop (Shakur), Q (Epps), Raheem (Kain), and Steel (Hopkins) are four Harlem friends who spend their days skipping school, getting in fights, and casually shoplifting. The only member of the group who has plans for the future is Q, who dreams of becoming a DJ. When Bishop comes up with a plan to rob a corner store and split the money, everyone goes along with the plan except for Q, who is competing that night in a DJ contest. At the club, Q is a rousing success, but when he sees his friends through the cheering crowd, he realizes that he must go along with the robbery, which eventually spirals into something a lot more than they can handle.