Filmography
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Juice (1992)
- Tagline: “In the ghetto's of Harlem you don't buy respect... you earn it.”
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
- Length: 01:35
- Cast: Omar Epps (Q), Tupac Shakur (Bishop), Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins (Steel), Khalil Kain (Raheem)
- Also known as: Angel Town 2
Synopsis: 4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but the lunatic Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent reason. They run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to give him the gun, they fight, and Raheem gets shot. Only the other 3 know what happened, and Bishop wants to get rid of them too.
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Poetic Justice (1993)
- Tagline: “'Cause nobody, but nobody can make it out here alone.”
- Genre: Romantic Drama
- Director: John Singleton
- Length: 01:49
- Cast: Janet Jackson (Justice), Tupac Shakur (Lucky), Regina King (Iesha), Joe Torry (Chicago), Tyra Ferrell (Jessie), Maia Campbell (Shante), Roger Guenveur Smith (Heywood)
Synopsis: After witnessing the brutal gang related murder of her first and only boyfriend, young Justice decides to drop out of school and become a full-time hairdresser. She isolates herself from friends and tries to overcome her depression by writing poetry. When she meets Lucky, at first she acts very distant and rejective, but slowly she understands that shes not as alone as she thought she was.
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Above The Rim (1994)
- Tagline: “The hardest part of winning is choosing sides.”
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Jeff Pollack
- Length: 01:36
- Cast: Duane Martin (Kyle-Lee), Leon (Shep), Tupac Shakur (Birdie), Marlon Wayans (Bugaloo), Bernie Mac (Flip), Eric Nies (Montrose), Bill Rafferty (Himself)
Synopsis: Kyle Lee Watson is an inner-city high school basketball star torn between college and the lure of the streets. During an important championship play-off game, Kyle grandstands to catch the attention of a Georgetown college scout. Instead, he impresses Birdie, a powerful gang leader who is assembling a team to compete in the neighbourhood Shoot-Out contest, a high-stakes street basketball tournament for the braggingrights of the city. With promises of the good life: cash, cars and women, Birdie convinces him to play on his team. Now Kyles future hangs in balance as Birdies influence threatens his college career and possibly his life.
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Gridlock'd (1997)
- Tagline: “When getting high turns into a job, what's the point?”
- Genre: Drama Comedy
- Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Length: 01:31
- Cast: Tupac Shakur (Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore), Tim Roth (Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland), Thandie Newton (Barbara 'Cookie' Cook), Vondie Curtis-Hall (D-Reper), Lucy Liu (Cee-Cee), Tom Towles (D-Reper's Henchman)
Synopsis: Spoon and Stretch are two down-at-heel band members looking to make it big - or get high trying. When they stumble across the dead body of their drug dealer, they run out the back door - but not before getting high on his stash and stealing the rest. With the cops coming at them from one side and killers coming after them from another, theyre gridlocked and the only way theyre going to escape is to hit the streets - running!
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Gang Related (1997)
- Tagline: “The best place to hide is behind a badge.”
- Genre: Crime
- Director: Jim Kouf
- Length: 01:46
- Cast: James Belushi (Frank Divinci), Tupac Shakur (Rodriguez), Lela Rochon (Cynthia Webb), Dennis Quaid (Joe Doe/William R. McCall), James Earl Jones (Arthur Baylor), Gary Cole (Richard Simms), Terrence 'T.C.' Carson (Manny Landrew)
- Also known as: Criminal Intent
Synopsis: Divinci and Rodriguez are 2 etectives of the Metropolitan Police Department, who earn a little ‘extra’ in their free time by selling confiscated drugs. Not to be recognized during a deal, they decide to kill the drug dealers after the transactions. These murders are then under their investigation and get labeled as being “gang related”. Everything seems to be going according to plan, until one of their victims turns out to be an undercover DEA agent. The 2 corrupt cops seem to be in deep trouble, but also this case is appointed to them for investigation. They soon find a drifter to pin the murder on, but is that a smart move?
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Bullet (1997)
- Tagline: “You only get one shot at revenge.”
- Genre: Crime
- Director: Julien Temple
- Length: 01:40
- Cast: Mickey Rourke (Butch), Tupac Shakur (Tank), Adrien Brody (Ruby), John Enos III (Lester), Jerry Grayson (Sol Stein), Suzanne Shepherd (Cookie Stein), Ted Levine (Louis), Matthew Powers (Paddy), Jerry Dean (Fingers)
Synopsis: After eight years in prison, Bullet is thrust back into the underground world that plagues the streets of New York. When he rips off two customers of his most powerful prison rival Tank, he has declared war on one of the most powerful drug dealers in the city. Now everybody around him will become a victim of the brutal society that accepts violence as the norm and fear as a way of life.
