All of the houses and vehicles they used in this movie were those of the artists. Most notably the white house, which in the movie belonged to DMX's character Buns, was actually one of DMX's homes in Florida. FALSE: Hype Williams, in a 20yr reunion interview with COMPLEX said this was false. He said, "DMX wasn't even a star yet. He was living in Yonkers in the middle of nowhere."
The scenes where the characters are seen smoking weed in the film are real, the marijuana blunts being smoked are not props.
Belly is based in a story originally written by Nas.
The scene of Sincere (Nas) and the 12 year old boy on the park bench is a direct reference to the last verse from Nas' song "One Love", off his 1994 debut album Illmatic.