Less a sequel to a film than a brand extension, this further glorification of thug life was directed by Roc-A-Fella records cofounder Damon Dash, who produced the first film with then-partner Jay-Z. The two went their separate ways in 2005 and Jay-Z kept the Roc-A-Fella name, but while this film features the Dash Films moniker, it's still chockablock with the rappers in Rocawear who made the first film resemble an extended clothing label/music cross-promotion. After a brief recapitulation and revisionist take on the first film's ending, which found Philadelphia drug kingpin Beans (Beanie Sigel, whose name graces his own line of State Property clothes) apparently dead...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
94 mins