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Narrated By Snoop Dogg- Letter To the President is a feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 years. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast) | Snoop Dogg | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | 50 Cent | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Aesop Rock | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Mario Africa | ... | Himself - Journalist |
 | David Banner | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Amiri Baraka | ... | Himself - Poet / Activist |
| Easy Mo Bee | ... | Himself - Producer (archive footage) (as Eazy Mo Bee) |
| James Bernard | ... | Himself - Editor |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Notorious B.I.G) |
| Jack Blum | ... | Himself - Former Senate Staffer (archive footage) |
| Buckshot | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| George Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | George W. Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Rev. Calvin O. Butts III | ... | Himself (as Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts) |
| Luther Campbell | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Luther 'Luke' Campbell) |
| Cappadonna | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Jeff Chang | ... | Himself - Author |
| Chingy | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
 | Bill Clinton | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Common | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Mike Concepcion | ... | Himself - Community Activist |
 | Ice Cube | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Chuck D. | ... | Himself - Recording Artist / Activist |
| Davey D | ... | Himself - Hip-Hop Activist (as Davey D.) |
| Defari | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Dilated Peoples | ... | Themselves |
| Lateef Dumont | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Lateef) |
| Michael Eric Dyson | ... | Himself - Professor |
| Eazy-E | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Mike Epps | ... | Himself - Actor / Comedian |
 | Larry Flynt | ... | Himself - Publisher |
| Doug E. Fresh | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Nelson George | ... | Himself - Author / Journalist |
| Dick Gregory | ... | Himself - Civil Rights Activist |
| Warren G. | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Warren G) |
| M.C. Hammer | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as MC Hammer) |
 | Ice-T | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Ice T) |
| Niger Innis | ... | Himself - CORE |
| Jesse Jackson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jay-Z | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Wyclef Jean | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
 | Quincy Jones | ... | Himself |
| Juvenile | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| John Kerry | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ghostface Killah | ... | Himself - Wu-Tang Clan |
| Kwame Kilpatrick | ... | Himself - Mayor |
| KRS-One | ... | Himself - Recording Artist / Activist |
| Ludacris | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| MC Lyte | ... | Herself - Recording Artist |
| Mack 10 | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
 | Method Man | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Evelyn McDonnell | ... | Herself - Writer |
| Kool Moe Dee | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Pharoahe Monch | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Cedric Muhammad | ... | Himself - Publisher |
| Mystic | ... | Herself - Recording Artist |
| Napoleon | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Tech Nine | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Tech N9ne) |
| Oliver North | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Carl Officer | ... | Himself - Mayor |
| Paris | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Colin Powell | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Kate Rhee | ... | Herself - Hip-Hop Activist |
| Slick Rick | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Vin Rock | ... | Himself - Naughty By Nature |
| Freeway Ricky Ross | ... | Himself - Former Drug Dealer (archive footage) (as Ricky Ross) |
| Saigon | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Sonia Sanchez | ... | Herself - Poet / Professor (as Sonja Sanchez) |
| Attallah Shabazz | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Russell Simmons | ... | Himself |
| Mutulu Skakur | ... | Himself - Activist |
| Tavis Smiley | ... | Himself |
| Parrish Smith | ... | Himself - EPMD |
| Immortal Technique | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Big Tigger | ... | Himself - Radio / TV Host |
| T.I. | ... | Himself - Recording Artist |
| Guy Torry | ... | Himself - Comedian |
| C. Delores Tucker | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Maxine Waters | ... | Herself - Congresswoman |
| Gary Webb | ... | Himself - Journalist / Author |
| Nicole White | ... | Herself - Writer |
| Will i Am | ... | Himself - The Black Eyed Peas |
| Brian Williams | ... | Himself - Recording Artist (as Baby) |
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Interesting and compelling, Letter to the President is less about hip-hop, and more about black struggles after the civil rights movement. Letter to the President examines political and social issues that were discussed through hip-hop. You don't have to listen to hip-hop, or even be interested in it to view this film, although your attitudes may change after seeing it. And not just about music. The movie examines how Reagan's economic plan effected black communites, the crack epidemic, drug policies, the prison system, and more. The movie also features interesting interviews with noted hip hop artists such as KRS One as well as historians. Well worth seeing.