> Idris Elba does an excellent job, but it’s a little easier for him since he’s given the most slang and dialect to use. Strangely, most of the significant cha

> Idris Elba does an excellent job, but it’s a little easier for him since he’s given the most slang and dialect to use. Strangely, most of the significant characters in the drug trade are missing a Baltimore accent. I'm not really sure what accent Idris Elba is going for though it sounds vaguely New York City, while Method Man clearly sounds like a New Yorker when his character is from Baltimore. Wood Harris, who played Stringer's partner Avon Barksdale, sounds like he's from Chicago. The only ones speaking in a Baltimore accent are Proposition Joe, Slim Charles, and Snoop Pearson.