THE SONG
Taken from	album The black album
Written by	Jay-Z
Label	Def Jam
Genre	rap
THE VIDEO
Country	USA
Format	music video
Status	released and aired
First aired	April 25, 2004 (week of April 19, 2004)
Filmed	in February 2004
Shoot location	Brooklyn and a jail in the Bronx -- New York City, NY (USA)
Production company	Anonymous Content
Director(s)	Mark Romanek
Producer(s)	Mala Vasan (producer)
Photography	Joaquin Baca-Asay (cinematographer) Teofilo (2nd unit photography)
Editing	Robert Duffy (editor)
Design	Happy Massee (production designer)
ADDITIONAL CREW
2nd unit director Teofilo wardrobe Crystal Streets wardrobe Marc Anthony
CAST
Vincent Gallo Rick Rubin
AWARDS
14th Annual MVPA Awards 2005 hip-hop winner 14th Annual MVPA Awards 2005 direction of a male artist winner 14th Annual MVPA Awards 2005 art direction (nominee) 14th Annual MVPA Awards 2005 video of the year winner
TRIVIA
Shot in b&w. Premiered on Making the video. A five day shoot, mostly in Brooklyn. The exception being a day in the Bronx where the jail scenes were shot. [Teofilo]