In the opening montage there is a brief shot of the group NWA minus Ice Cube who was a member of the group and stars in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004).
Queen Latifah would reprise her role of Gina Norris one year later in Beauty Shop (2005), where her character moves her hair salon from the South Side of Chicago to Atlanta.
The football jersey that Ice Cube is wearing during the last part of the movie is a Gale Sayers #40 Chicago Bears throwback jersey made by Mitchell & Ness.