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Bye Felisha: New Lions QB Kaaya's mom a cult figure from 'Friday'

Brad Kaaya knew his mother was an actress growing up in California, but he didn't realize how famous she really was until he went off to college at Miami.

"In Los Angles there’s a lot of other things going on and there’s a lot of different types of people you see, so it wasn't really a big deal until I pretty much left California for Florida," Kaaya said.

That's when the Detroit Lions' newest quarterback realized his mom was in fact a pop culture icon.

Angela Kaaya Means played a bit role as the neighborhood crackhead in Ice Cube's 1995 hit comedy "Friday.