Synopsis

Small-time hustlers Black and Blue make a living selling questionable electronics from their van. Their luck changes when a shipment of cellular phones is delivered to them by mistake. As they begin selling the phones, they attract eager customers, dangerous criminals, and the attention of the FBI, only to discover that the devices may not work as advertised.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film was produced through No Limit Films, Priority Films, and Shooting Star Pictures, and distributed by Dimension Films.

• Master P received a writing credit alongside Leroy Douglas and Carrie Mungo, making the film an example of his expanding role in No Limit's move from music into theatrical filmmaking.

• The production had an estimated budget of $3.5 million and earned approximately $10.3 million domestically.

• The companion soundtrack was released on April 7, 1998, several weeks before the film's theatrical release. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was certified platinum in June 1998.

• The soundtrack's title song, performed by Master P and Sons of Funk, also became a charting single.

• Outtakes play during the first half of the closing credits, giving the ending an informal, performance-driven feel consistent with the film's comedy.

• The film was followed by *I Got the Hook Up 2*, released in 2019.