Ride

Ride is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Millicent Shelton. It stars Malik Yoba, Melissa De Sousa, John Witherspoon, and Fredro Starr. Plot New York City film school graduate Leta Evans (De Sousa) has just become the assistant to exotic music video director Bleau Kelly (Downtown Julie Brown). She almost loses the job before her first day's barely even started when Bleau decides budget cuts must be made for her next project. When Leta offers to do the assignment for a smaller fee, Bleau decides to have her escort a group of rappers, singers, and showbiz wannabes to Miami for a music video shoot. The gang, which is kept in line by Poppa (Yoba), gets acquainted on a decaying bus as they travel down the East Coast, encountering barroom fights and other problems en route to the music video gig. Cast Malik Yoba as Poppa Melissa De Sousa as Leta Evans John Witherspoon as Roscoe Fredro Starr as 'Geronimo' Kellie Shanygne Williams as Tuesday Sticky Fingaz as 'Brotha X' Cedric the Entertainer as Bo Dartanyan Edmonds as 'Byrd' Downtown Julie Brown as Bleau Kelly Guy Torry as 'Indigo' Idalis DeLeón as Charity Julia Garrison as Blacke The Lady of Rage as 'Peaches' Luther Campbell as Freddy 'Freddy B' Rueben Asher as Casper Snoop Dogg as Mente