(at around 4 mins) Early in the film, Shawn Wayans's character says that his father is only a few years older than him. Lahmard J. Tate, who plays Ashtray's father, is less than two years older than Wayans. Cuba Gooding Jr. is only 7 years younger than Laurence Fishburne, who played his character's father in Boyz n the Hood (1991).
A trailer for the film included the tagline, "It's the only movie released this year with fourteen words in its title"
(at around 19 mins) Loc Dog warns Ashtray about how promiscuous Dashiki is, saying, "She got more kids than Ms. Wayans." Marlon Wayans is one of ten children. Three of his siblings are in the movie: Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans, who has a cameo.
Toshi Toda, who played the Asian shopkeeper in this movie, also played the shop keeper in the beginning of Menace II Society (1993).