State Property (film)

State Property
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbdul Malik Abbott
Written byAbdul Malik Abbott
Ernest "Tron" Anderson
Produced byDamon Dash
Phyllis Cedar
StarringBeanie Sigel
Jay-Z
Damon Dash
Memphis Bleek
Omillio Sparks
CinematographyDavid Daniel
Edited byPaul Frank
Tim French
Justine Harari
Music byAbdul Malik Abbott
Evan Eder
Gregory Darryl Smith
Distributed byLions Gate Films
Release date
  • January 18, 2002 (2002-01-18)
Running time
88 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000
Box office$2,106,838

State Property is a 2002 American crime film starring Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Damon Dash and Jay-Z. It was produced by Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella and distributed by Lions Gate Films. Abdul Malik Abbott directed the film and co-wrote its screenplay with Ernest "Tron" Anderson. The film was loosely based on Aaron Jones and the Junior Black Mafia (JBM), who participated in Philadelphia's drug trade from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Film critic reviews were generally mixed to negative.[1][2][3] It was followed by a sequel, State Property 2 which was released in 2005.

  1. ^ "State Property". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "State Property". Metacritic.
  3. ^ "State Property Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for State Property | TVGuide.com". Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2010.