Steel
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02058 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0950. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Gentle giant of the crew
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Gentle giant of the crew
The record
- Also known as: portrayed by Jermaine Hopkins
- Work type: character
Relationships
- Juice — featured in
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Sources
- https://www.sis2sis.com/director-ernest-dickerson-celebrates-juice-30th-anniversary-remembers-tupacs-first-role/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Steel is a character in the film Juice (1992), played by Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins. The film was directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and co-written by Dickerson with Gerard Brown, consistent with the stored creator and debut year.
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