I always noticed certain dudes from The Wire popping up in a lot of videos, and always thought about trying to look up all of them, but I really didn't expect to find quite so many.

The 3rd season of The Wire is out on DVD today, August 8th, and tonight the cast and crew of the show will be appearing at The Sound Garden at 7p.m. The 4th season begins on September 20th.



Chad L. Coleman (Cutty), Anwan Glover (Slim Charles) and Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in “Dem Boyz” by Boyz In Da Hood



Andre Royo (Bubbles) and JD Williams (Bodie) in "Lord You Know" by Cam’ron and Jaheim



Michael K. Williams (Omar) in “Trapped In The Closet,” Chapters 4 and 6-12, by R. Kelly (the above is Chapter 7 but they’re all on YouTube)



Lance Reddick (Lt. Daniels) in "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" by Jay-Z and Beyonce



Anwan Glover (Slim Charles) in "Guess Who Loves You More" by Raheem DeVaughn



Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale) in “Testify” by Common



Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale) in "Daily Bread" by Martin Luther



Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) in “All I Need” by Fat Joe and Tony Sunshine



Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) in “I Wanna Thank Ya” by Angie Stone and Snoop Dogg



Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in “Snitch" a.k.a. "Mindstate Of A Mobster” by Obie Trice and Akon



Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in "Break You Off" by The Roots and Musiq



Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in "Anything" by Jay-Z



JD Williams (Bodie) in “What We Do” by Freeway, Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel



JD Williams (Bodie) in “Never Leave (Uh Ooh)” by Lumidee, Fabolous and Busta Rhymes



JD Williams (Bodie) in "Breathe" by Fabolous



JD Williams (Bodie) in "How Could You" by Mario



JD Williams (Bodie) in "Ghetto Gospel" by 2Pac



JD Williams (Bodie) in “Through The Rain” by Mariah Carey



JD Williams (Bodie) in “I Miss You” by Aaliyah

Others not available on YouTube:

Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale) in “Through The Wire” by Kanye West

Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) in “Just Came Here To Chill” by the Isley Brothers

Anwan Glover (Slim Charles) in "Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired)" by Vivian Green

Anwan Glover (Slim Charles) in "Dem Boyz" by Lil Mo

Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in "Just A Lil' Bit" by 50 cent

Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey) in "Just Can't Hold" by Tre Hardson (of Pharcyde)

You could make a case for mentioning Method Man, who acted in videos by Alicia Keys and Beanie Sigel for songs that he didn't perform on after appearing on The Wire, but that's a bit of a stretch.

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