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{{short description|1993 film directed by Tamra Davis}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{for-multi|the Cambridge postal area|CB postal area|the fourth game in the Crash Bandicoot series|Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex|the NBA basketball player|Chris Bosh}} {{Infobox film | name = CB4 | image = CB4.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Tamra Davis]] | writer = [[Chris Rock]]<br />[[Nelson George]]<br />Robert LoCash | producer = Nelson George | starring = {{Plainlist| * Chris Rock * [[Allen Payne]] * [[Deezer D]] * [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]] * [[Khandi Alexander]] * [[Phil Hartman]] * [[Chris Elliott]]}} | cinematography = [[Karl Walter Lindenlaub]] | editing = Earl Watson | music = John Barnes | studio = [[Imagine Entertainment]] | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1993|03|12}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $6 million | gross = $17.9 million }} '''''CB4''''' is a 1993 American [[Satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[mockumentary]] [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Tamra Davis]] and starring [[Chris Rock]]. The film follows a [[fiction]]al [[rap group]] named "CB4", named after the prison block in which the group was allegedly formed (Cell Block 4). The movie primarily parodies [[gangsta rap]] and the rap group [[N.W.A]], as well as taking inspiration from ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''. It contains short segments featuring celebrities and musicians such as [[Halle Berry]], [[Eazy-E]], [[Butthole Surfers]], [[Ice-T]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Flavor Flav]], and [[Shaquille O'Neal]].<ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIES : Rap Attack, Take Two : Nearly a decade after a spate of breakdancing duds, the big screen's gettin' busy--with 3 films in the genre coming out |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1993-03-14|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-14-ca-517-story.html|access-date=2011-11-06|first=Chris|last=Willman}}</ref>
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