‘New Jack City’ Cast Says Play Highlights Street Violence, but Responsibly

Naughty By Nature’s Treach and his “New Jack City” stage play costars are effectively conscious of the real-life violence in hip hop right now, and hope their manufacturing of the basic ’90s movie can scare the style straight.

We bought Treach, Gary Dourdan, Flex Alexander and the one and solely Big Daddy Kane Friday in Burbank, CA — they’re placing on the play all weekend at L.A. Orpheum Theater, and so they say the manufacturing does not draw back from violence … even with the latest string of tragic headlines about slain rappers.

Treach says ‘New Jack’ highlighted the brutality of the ’80s crack epidemic, and delivered the message “that wasn’t the route to take.” He’s hoping right now’s era will take that lesson and apply it to the rap sport.

Flex says many of the solid has identified one another for a number of a long time, so it has been straightforward to mesh forward of their dwell performances — there is not any “take 2” in theater — and so they all credit score director Je’Caryous Johnson for getting them game-ready months prematurely.

We lately bought BDK 1-on-1 again in NYC, the place he advised us having Allen Payne — who’s reprising his function as Gee Money from the movie — was the cheat code the remainder of the solid wanted to remain in keeping with the unique.

Speaking of these NYC exhibits, Gary tells us one other OG star, Ice-T, confirmed as much as put his stamp of approval.

For followers of the film … Treach performs Wesley Snipes‘ lead character Nino Brown, Gary steps into Ice’s function of Scotty and Flex is Chris Rock‘s Pookie.