The character of Roach was written into the original script, but the script was rewritten after actor Justin Pierce killed himself.
'Chris Tucker' was asked to reprise his role for the last film in the franchise, but rejected. 'Mike Epps' then called up asking to reprise his role less than 1 hour later.
Most of the pimp-style clothing for the fictitious "Pimps & Ho's" store in the movie was made by Los Angeles designer Marc Vachon whose Melrose Avenue shop specialized in club wear. Right next door to Vachon's former store location is the real "Barbershop Club" which served as inspiration for Ice Cube's next movie, Barbershop (2002).
Was originally meant to be called "Final Friday", but the producers thought it too similar to Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), and didn't want to rule out a fourth film.
Craig and his dad Willie are the only two characters to appear in all three Friday movies.