Special Guest Stars Common as Rafiq Guest Stars Michael V. Epps as Jake Taylor Shamon Brown, Jr. as Stanley 'Papa' Jackson Tyla Abercrumbie as Nina Williams Cedric Young as Sonny David Alan Anderson as Greavy Steven Williams as Quentin Dickinson Sonja Sohn as Laverne Johnson Chris Lee as Hannibal Byron Bowers as Meldrick Ronald L. Conner as Tep