Plots(1)
FADE TO BLACK takes a look at the rapper's career, providing a backstage glimpse during the concert and showing how his last album was conceived. Narrated by Jay-Z himself, the film features notable guest performances by Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Pharrell Williams, Foxy Brown and appearances by P. Diddy and Kanye West. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
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)
Damon Dash
USA
Best movies:
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Paid in Full (2002)
Pharrell Williams
USA
Best movies:
Sing 2 (2021)
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Missy Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Shark Tale (2004)
Honey (2003)
Pootie Tang (2001)
Ghostface Killah
USA
Best movies:
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Rick Rubin
USA
Best movies:
Krush Groove (1985)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (video compilation)
Circus Maximus (2023)
Kanye West
USA
Best movies:
Beyonce's I Am... World Tour (2010) (concert)
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Live Earth (2007) (concert)
Mike D
USA
Best movies:
Krush Groove (1985)
Questlove
USA
Best movies:
Soul (2020)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Bamboozled (2000)
Twista
USA
Best movies:
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Timbaland
USA
Beyoncé
USA
Best movies:
Beyonce's I Am... World Tour (2010) (concert)
Beyoncé: I Am... Yours (2009) (concert)
Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta (2006) (concert)
Mary J. Blige
USA
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
Mudbound (2017)
Power Book II: Ghost (2020) (series)
Common
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Now You See Me (2013)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
Monster's Ball (2001)
R. Kelly
USA
Usher
USA
Best movies:
Ray (2004)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (concert)
The Faculty (1998)
Funkmaster Flex
USA
Best movies:
Head of State (2003)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Memphis Bleek
Best movies:
The College Dropout Video Anthology (2005) (video compilation)
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Paper Soldiers (2002)
Afeni Shakur
USA