Quincy "Q" Powell

Quincy "Q" Powell is the main protagonist 1992 American crime film Juice. He is African American teenager living in Harlem. He is portrayed by Omar Epps.

Biography
Q grew in Harlem with his Roland Bishop, Eric "Steel" Thurman, and their leader Raheem Porter, living his mother, father, brother Brian and grandma and has an older girlfriend Yolanda. Q was aspiring DJ, despite his mothers attempts to convince to get a real job. Q and his friends constantly skip school and hang out at the local arcade or at Steel's apartment.

One morning after Q's mother wakes him up so he would not be late for school but she also tries to convince him to go to a school where he can learn to repair automobiles and washing machine but to no valid. After Q leaves his apartment, he meets with Raheem, who is arguing with his girlfriend Keesha, about him being there for there their daughter Charlene, then they meet up with Bishop, who being harassed by Radames, a leader of a Puerto Rican gang who harasses them, before Q and Raheem show to protect Bishop, but Bishop and Radames almost get into a fight until the owner of the store they are in front, Fernando Quiles, comes out with a gun and shoos them all away.