answers: Cuba Gooding Jr.
context: Singleton met while working as an intern at The Arsenio Hall Show. Singleton claims that the other two leads, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Morris Chestnut, were cast simply because they were the first ones who showed up to the casting auditions. Despite having a member of one of the best-selling rap groups, N.W.A, this, at least according to Singleton, was not a selling point to the studio who were not aware of them. Rather, Singleton opined, the studio greenlit the film in the interest of making a film similar to the Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing". The film </s> Xavier Lamar Truesdell Xavier Lamar Truesdell (born October 30, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois) also known as XL is an American actor, model, singer, songwriter, and producer. Truesdell made his debut on the pilot episode of the television drama series "Las Vegas" (2003). In 2008, he was the lead model in a national campaign for Toyota that was on national billboards and also featured in "Ebony", Vibe, and "Jet" magazines. Truesdell has appeared on MTV reality shows "Parental Control", "Punk'd" and the game show "Identity". He also appeared in the films "Miss Congeniality 2" (2005) and "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). </s> landing it at No. 23 on the "Billboard" 200 and No. 4 on "Billboard"'s Top Hip-Hop R&B Albums chart. As of October 18, 2012 the EP has sold 91,000 copies in the United States. In February 2012, Songz will embark on his Anticipation 2our to promote his mixtape "Anticipation 2" and to raise awareness of his new album. In July 2011, he was cast in "Texas Chainsaw 3D" as Ryan, the male lead role. The film was released on January 4, 2013. "Chapter V" was released on August 21, 2012, by Atlantic Records, and on August 17 as a digital
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