Malcolm is een nerd wonend in de The Bottoms, een ruwe buurt gelegen in Inglewood, Los Angeles. Tussen de drugsdealers en bende oorlogen probeert Malcolm vooral zijn examens te halen en z'n collegeaanvragen te voldoen, met een droom om ooit naar Harvard te gaan. Wanneer de kans zich voordoet om naar een hip underground feest te gaan, leidt dit tot een groot avontuur voor Malcolm en zijn vriendin, waarin hij eindelijk 'dope' kan zijn.
| Editing | Lee Haugen | Editor |
| Production | Nina Yang Bongiovi | Producer |
| Production | Erica Brady | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Y. Chow | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sean Combs | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Rick Famuyiwa | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Grace | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Lonner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mimi Valdés | Co-Producer |
| Production | Caron Veazey | Co-Producer |
| Production | Forest Whitaker | Producer |
| Production | Pharrell Williams | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kim Taylor-Coleman | Casting |
| Art | Scott Falconer | Production Design |
| Art | Lawson Brown | Art Direction |
| Art | Christine Eyer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patrik Milani | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petrice Bankhead | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharon Simon | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Brandon Fox | Set Dresser |
| Art | Sarah Taub | Set Dresser |
| Art | Shane Valentine | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Zane D. Bruce | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Greg Crawford | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Mary Jo Devenney | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Judah Getz | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Chase Keehn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Vicki Lemar | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Craig Mann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Craig Mann | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Andrew Orkin | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Laura Wiest | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ace Williams | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Antony Zeller | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Antony Zeller | Foley Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Larry Fioritto | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Steve Newquist | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Stevan Del George | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Patrick Lomantini II | VFX Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeri Thompson | Costume Supervisor |
| Directing | Rick Famuyiwa | Director |
| Writing | Rick Famuyiwa | Writer |
| Sound | Germaine Franco | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Rachel Morrison | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mimi Valdés | Music Supervisor |
