In 2012, Curtis Snow was arrested for charges related to the filming of this movie.
The Atlanta Police Department launched an investigation and interviewed the filmmakers under suspicion that events in the movie were related to a string of actual robberies in the area.
Michael Kenneth Williams became interested in the film after hearing that Snow was similar to his character Omar from The Wire (2002).
According to Damon Russell, the man known as "Red" who tells Curtis about a big score in Pennsylvania went on the run after committing the robbery. According to Russell, he did not like "Red" and blurred his face rather than ask him to sign a release.
A melee broke out at the film's showing at the Atlanta Film Festival as some audience members debated the authenticity of a scene in which Curtis is cutting cocaine in front of his son.