The film is an urban re-telling of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper".
In an interview on the New York morning radio show The Breakfast Club, Kid N' Play state that this film where they mostly play characters that are close to how they are in real life and how they were when they first met, with Kid being the studious academic and Play being the street-savvy one.
Last movie we see Kid's famous high top fade haircut.
School filmed is Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, CA.
Reginald Ballard and Thomas Mikal Ford both appeared on the hit TV show, Martin (1992) as Bruh Man and Tommy Strawn, respectively.