Who's The Man? is a 1993 American comedy directed by the late Ted Demme. Yo! MTV Raps hosts Ed Lover and Doctor Dre star as two bumbling barbers turned cops who have to solve the mystery of the murder of a fellow barber. The first movie by MTV Films, it is also considered to be the first hip-hop whodunit. It takes place in Harlem and features the cameo appearances of more than 50 classic rappers, including Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Run-DMC, House of Pain, Busta Rhymes, and others. Comedian Denis Leary also stars in this hip-hop comedy. This is a list of film-related events in 1993. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Ted Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002), born in New York, New York, was an American film director and producer. ... Yo! MTV Raps was a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from 1988 to 1995. ... Ed Lover is an African American radio personality and former MTV VJ. He is best known for being the co-host of MTVs hip hop music specialty program Yo! MTV Raps with partner Doctor Dre. ... For the rapper, record producer and head of Aftermath Records, see Dr. Dre (Andre Young). ... MTV Films is the motion picture production arm of cable channel MTV. It has produced films based on MTV programs like Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Jackass: The Movie, and Team America: World Police as well as other adaptations and original projects. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... View of Harlem from Morningside Heights overlooking Morningside Park Lenox Avenue looking south from the corner of 124th Street Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major African American cultural and business center. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Ice T Tracy Morrow (born February 16, 1958 in Newark, New Jersey), better known as Ice-T or Ice T, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. ... Latifah on the cover of her 1999 autobiography Queen Latifah (real name: Dana Elaine Owens, born March 18, 1970) is an American Grammy Award-winning rap artist and singer, and an Academy Award-nominated actress. ... Salt, DJ Spinderella, and Pepa on the cover to their 1999 CD single, The Brick Track Verses Gitty Up Salt-N-Pepa is an American R&B and hip hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton (Salt and Pepa, respectively), and Deidre Dee Dee Roper (DJ Spinderella). ... Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Denis Leary Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, writer and director. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ...

Cast

• Ed Lover - Ed Lover
• Doctor Dre - Doctor Dre
• Badja Djola - Lionel Douglas
• Cheryl 'Salt' James - Teesha Braxton
• Jim Moody - Nick Crawford
• Ice-T - Chauncey 'Nighttrain' Jackson
• Andre B. Blake - Lamar
• Rozwill Young - Sergeant Bo Griles
• Colin Quinn - Franke Flynn
• Todd 1 - Shorty
• Bow-Legged Lou - Forty
• Bernie Mac - G George
• Bill Bellamy - KK
• T-Money - Bubba
• Denis Leary - Sergeant Cooper
• Kim Chan - Fuji
• Vincent Pastore - Tony 'Clams' Como
• Kurt Loder - Hitman
• Joe Lisi - Captain Reilly
• Fab 5 Freddy - Himself
• Tony Lip - Vito Pasquale
• Apache - Bubba Worker 1
• Smooth B - Bubba Worker 2
• George T. Odom - Albert
• Hugh Hurd - Mushmouth
• Roger Robinson - Charlie
• Maggie Rush - Brenda
• Richard Bright - Demetrius
• Dennis Vestunis - Gustave
• KRS-One - Rashid
• Stretch - Benny
• James Cavanagh Burke - Officer Barnes
• Karen T. Duffy - Officer Day
• Phife Dawg - Gerald
• Big Bub - Roscoe
• Curtis Carrott - Bongle
• Garfield! - Customer in Chair
• Little Daddy Shane - Homeboy
• Caron Bernstein- Kelly
• Randy Frazier - Reverend Green
• The Guru - Martin Lorenzo
• Lorena Mann - Receptionist
• Ken Ober - Bernstein
• Leslie Segar - Sheneequa
• Jenay Nurse - Double Dutch Girl
• Kid Capri - Himself
• Chris Kelly - Karim
• Chris Smith - Micah
• Pete Rock - Robber No. 1
• C.L. Smooth - Robber No. 2
• Katherine Dukes - Robber No. 3
• Beast - Robber No. 4
• Eric B. - Robber No. 5
• Flavor Flav - Himself
• Louis Freeze - Jose Gomez
• John Martin Scruti - John Boothby
• Glenn Kubota - Korean Grocer
• Melle Mel - Delroy
• John MacKay - Captain Paggio
• Ralph McDaniels - T.V. Reporter
• D-Nice - Male Nurse
• Linque Ayoung - Female Nurse
• Busta Rhymes - Jaween
• Gavin J. O'Connor - Drill Man
• Del - Kid No. 1
• Taji Goodman - Kid No. 2
• Qu'Ran Goodman - Kid No. 3
• Everlast - Billy
• Danny Boy O'Connor - Steve
• Leor Dimant - Mike
• Bushwick Bill - Bar Vagrant
• Monie Love - Vanessa
• Freddie Foxxx - Bartender
• Yolanda Whitaker - Woman
• Kristen Wilson - Maria
• Sandra 'Pepa' Denton - Sherise
• Humpty Hump - Club Doorman
• Terrence Dashon Howard - Customer
• Heavy D - Himself
• Queen Latifah - Herself
• B-Fine - Club Guy No. 1
• Paul Anthony - Club Guy No. 2
• D.J. Wiz - Test Taker No. 1
• A.G. - Test Taker No. 3
• King Sun - Haircut Guy
• Nikki D - Protestor
• No Face - Guys at Bar
• Charlie Brown - Passenger in Jeep
• Cut Monitor Milo - Passenger in Jeep
• Dinco D. - Passenger in Jeep
• Vincent 'Vinny' Brown Himself (Uncredited)
• Sean Cory - Bar Patron (Uncredited)
• Anthony 'Treach' Criss - Himself (Uncredited)
• Kier 'Kay-Gee' Gist - Himself (Uncredited)
• Darryl McDaniels - Detective
• Jason Mizell - Detective
• Kool G. Rap - Customer in Chair
• Joseph Simmons - Dectective
• Dan Vitale - Bartender (Uncredited)

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External links

• Who's the Man? at The Internet Movie Database