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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Blue Moreno
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Cast

Capone Lee
Damon Dash / Dash's Assistant
Loon
Turk
Robert Stapleton
Jay-Z / Bootlegger 1 / Hot Boy 1 / Dre / A1 / Gay Guy
Rashida Jones
Layna Hudson
Charlene
Miss Jones
Chloë Sevigny
Sexy Woman #1
Kari Wuhrer
Sexy Woman #2
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Sexy Woman #3
Beanie Sigel
Charles 'Sandman' Patterson / Self
Blue Moreno
A&R Guy / Hipster / Lew Chaplin
Sale Johnson
R&B Singer #1
Lorraine Bracco
Enchante, R&B Singer #2
Duncan Sheik
Well-Dressed Man
Alina Vacariu
Female Escort
James Toback
Lyor Cohen
Gerald Kelly
Funkmaster Flex / Biggs / Angry Blackman
Note
Bouncer at Lotus
Georgie Greville
Fabulous Girl
Devon Aoki
Picasso
Kevin Hart
P-Diddy / Cop 1 / Dance Coach / Hyper Rapper / H. Lector
Charlie Murphy
Dick James / Dukey Man / Sock Head
Drena De Niro
Female Staff Writer
Mo Rocca
Male Staff Writer
C-Lo Kid
Boogie
Derron 'Smokey' Edington
Street Team Kid / Chauffeur / Bootlegger No. 2 / Big Boi / Lil' Bow Wow
Tony T. Roberts
Town Car Driver / Host
Big Joe
Bouncer #2
Mark Ronson
Engineer
Matt Walsh
Frat Boy #1
Ian Roberts
Frat Boy #2
Michael Delaney
Frat Boy #3
Dale Ho
Japanese Teen #1
John Fukuda
Japanese Teen #2
Flavor Flav
Reporter #1
Laverne Atkinson
Reporter #2
Donna Barnes
Bar Woman #1
Kathy Colborn
Bar Woman #2
Sandra Guibord
Bar Woman No. 3
August Johnson
Reporter #3
Ann Jones
Bitchy Woman #1
Janelle
Bitchy Woman #2
Phillip Bloch
Slick Man
Shorly Brown
Sexy Girl
Salguero
Producer
Lisa G.
Female TV Reporter No. 1
Gina Glickman
Female TV Reporter No. 2
Wil Sylvince
Wyclef / Spit / Angry Rapper / Thug / Caterer
Manny Sherio
Stunt Coordinator
Kool Bubba Ice
Steve Harvey / Bernie Mac
Cort Hessler
Stunt Driver No. 1
Jeff Ward
Stunt Driver No. 2
Caleb Oglosk
Video Girl
Peter Sarsgaard
Brendon III
Zofia Borucka
Damon Dash's Nanny
John Frey
Doorman
Alyssa Pridham
Jay-Z's Girl
Richard Teichman
Investor #1
Arthur Diamond
Investor #2
Bruce H. Lipnick
Investor #4
Jam Master Jay
Old School Rapper #1
Darryl McDaniels
Old School Rapper #2
Ronnie Arnold
Damon's Crew Member
Kid Capri
Party DJ
Rell
Self
Jay-Z
Self
M.O.P.
Themselves
State Property
Themselves
Jim Fullington
Beanie Sigel
Von Decarlo
Girl playing pool
Sarah Howard
Publicist

Produced By

Emerson Bruns
associate producer
Francisco Das Chagas
associate producer
Damon Dash
producer
Lisa Fragner
executive producer
Bruce H. Lipnick
executive producer
Cha-ka Pilgrim
associate producer
Isen Robbins
co-producer
Ron Rotholz
executive producer
Aimee Schoof
co-producer
Ted Weinrib
associate producer

Cinematography

David Daniel
director of photography

Sound

David Alvarez
re-recording mixer
Sean Cassity
sound assistant
Joseph DiFonzo
adr recordist / foley recordist
Seth Granger
boom operator
Samantha Hahn
sound intern
Fredrick Helm
supervising sound editor
Allen Lau
assistant sound editor
Phillip Lefesi
post-production sound supervisor
Brian O'Hara
sound effects editor
Theresa Radka
sound mixer
John Salk
sound editor
L. Andrew Sigler
additional boom operator
Steven Simons
additional sound re-recording mixer
Brian Vancho
foley artist

Casting Director

Production Design

Costumes

Makeup

Loretta Alston
key hair stylist
Marilyn Cush
assistant hair stylist
Denise Diaz
assistant makeup artist
Persefone Karakosta
key makeup artist
Theodora Katsoulogiannakis
additional hair stylist
David Klasfeld
assistant makeup artist
Ronette Kyles
makeup artist

Assistant Director

Daniel Elefante
second second assistant director
Jason Graham
second assistant director
Urs Hirschbiegel
assistant director

Production Management

Yurgi Ganter
unit production manager

Art Department

Kweku Abdullah
additional lead man
James Arnett
art intern
Bruce Hall
lead man
Mikal Hameed
property master
Andrew Heikkila
assistant property master
Tim Keefe
assistant property master
Daniel Maldonado
property master
Jim Mickle
storyboard artist
Melissa Paradis
set dresser
Orlando Reyes
assistant property master
Nyna Sargent
additional set dresser
Andrea Seidel
additional set dresser

Stunts

Manny Siverio
stunt coordinator

Editorial

Egon
color timer
Nicole Gillamen
assistant editor
Eric Lin
assistant editor
Joanne Morton
post-production coordinator
Kimberly Tomes
assistant editor

Other

Kentaro Abe
craft service
Ethan Anderson
production assistant
Roni Armstrong
craft service
Blake Baldwin
production coordinator
Clifton Bell
production assistant
Deborah Blake
set medic
Liza Burnett
publicist
Emmanuelle Cuny-Panicker
assistant: Cha-Ka Pilgrim
Eric Das Chagas
production assistant
Christina Fontana
key production assistant
Jacob Gitzis
product placement
Peter Goldberg
production assistant
Verna Hampton
craft service
Ross Herbert
set medic
Cosmo Inserra
production assistant
Terry L. James
digital film transfer
David Magdael
publicist
Jorge Moran
production assistant
Tsia Moses
assistant to accountant
Josh Newport
production assistant
Anne-Gaelle Picart
assistant production coordinator
Brook Rose
assistant: Damon Dash
Mike Sledd
production assistant
Catherine Taylor
production assistant
James Thomas
accountant
Thomas Tobin
production assistant
Minnie Tran
production assistant
Elizabeth West
production assistant
Courtney Whipple
production assistant

Casting Department

Judith Maier
extras casting intern
Kristen Paladino
extras casting

Costume Department

Kairo Courts
wardrobe assistant
Alexis Steinman
wardrobe supervisor

Camera Department

Wylda Bayron
camera loader
Michael Best
first assistant camera
Clark Caldwell
additional electrician
Jean Chen
additional electrician
Woo Cho
videographer
Woo Jung Cho
videographer
Catriona 'Cat' Crosby
additional grip
Theresa Dillon
still photographer
Eric Dufresne
additional swing
Glenn Fishel
additional grip
Justin Scott Gravatt
best boy electric
Christian Jara
additional electrician
Marcia Juzga
additional camera production assistant
Dan Keane
key grip
Deidre Lally
additional electrician
Pawel Litwinski
camera operator: video camera
Paul McCluskey
additional grip
Alan McIntyre Smith
additional electrician
Joe Miggs
grip intern
Anna Novick
third grip
Paul Anthony Olive
additional swing
Steve Rosenberg
third electrician
Chris Scarafile
third electrician
Eric Souliere
assistant videographer
Edmund Sydor
additional grip
David Troutman
additional grip
Adela Vivar-Serrano
assistant camera
Bryan Wachtel
additional electrician
Courtney Wilder
camera intern
Mark Wilson
additional swing

Location Management

James Casper
location scout
Chris Coyne
location scout
Suk Yi Mar
location scout
Philip Schain
location scout
Bear Schmidt
location manager
Betsy Shankin-Morehouse
assistant location manager
Julie Solomon
location scout

Script Department

Massoumeh Emami
script supervisor
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