Hip Hop/R&B videos featuring cast members from HBO's The Wire
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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