State Property | |
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Directed by | Abdul Malik Abbott |
Written by | Abdul Malik Abbott Ernest "Tron" Anderson |
Produced by | Damon Dash Phyllis Cedar |
Starring | Beanie Sigel Jay-Z Damon Dash Memphis Bleek Omillio Sparks |
Cinematography | David Daniel |
Edited by | Paul Frank Tim French Justine Harari |
Music by | Abdul Malik Abbott Evan Eder Gregory Darryl Smith |
Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Language | English |
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.