Directed by:
Peter SpirerCinematography:
Peter AltonComposer:
Quincy Jones IIICast:
Ving Rhames (narrator), Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Tupac Shakur, 50 Cent, Jim Brown, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Common, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Ice-T, Tech N9ne, MC Ren (more)Plots(1)
Who's the hottest on the mic? Beef is what happens when raw inner city energy spills over from the studio to the streets, creating hiphop's war of words. Hear the stories of the most legendary mic battles and today's beefs from the artists themselves! Witness exclusive footage of reallife beefs, where the stakes are high and the consequences are increasingly real. What effect will this have on the future of hiphop? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ving Rhames (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Jay-Z
USA
Best movies:
Beyonce's I Am... World Tour (2010) (concert)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
DMX
USA
Best movies:
Belly (1998)
Exit Wounds (2001)
Romeo Must Die (2000)
Ja Rule
USA
Best movies:
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Tupac Shakur
USA
Best movies:
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005) (concert)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
50 Cent
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
Southpaw (2015)
Escape Plan (2013)
Jim Brown
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Common
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Now You See Me (2013)
Anthony 'Treach' Criss
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Juice (1992)
Who's the Man? (1993)
Ice-T
USA
Best movies:
Who's the Man? (1993)
Luck of the Draw (2000)
Trespass (1992)
Tech N9ne
USA
Best movies:
Big Money Rustlas (2010)
MC Ren
USA
Best movies:
The Up In Smoke Tour (2000) (concert)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
N.W.A: Appetite for Destruction (1991) (music video)
Russell Simmons
USA
Best movies:
Krush Groove (1985)
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Brown Sugar (2002)
Suge Knight (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005) (concert)
City of Lies (2018) - a.f.
Havoc
USA
The D.O.C. (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Gasoline Alley (2022)
DJ Muggs
USA
Best movies:
Cypress Hill: Still Smokin' (2001) (video compilation)
The Meteor Man (1993)