While filming this film, Janet Jackson informed that she wanted Tupac Shakur to take an HIV test for a "sex scene" they were suppose to have because she caught a cold for kissing Q-Tip (musician) in the film and she did not want it to happen again.
On July 23, 2013, John Singleton spoke with writer Lathleen Ade-Brown for Essence magazine and discussed the 20th anniversary of the film.