Based on a book of the same name by Justin Fenton, reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
A few actors from The Wire (2002) appear in this series: Tray Chaney, who played Poot, Jamie Hector, who played Marlo Stanfield, Jermaine Crawford, who played Duquan 'Dukie' Weems, Delaney Williams, who played Det. Sgt. Jay Landsman, Bobby J. Brown, who played Ofc. Bobby Brown, Maria Broom, who played Marla Daniels, Nathan Corbett, who played Donut, Domenick Lombardozzi, who played Thomas "Herc" Hauk, and Darrell Britt-Gibson, who played Darius 'O-Dog' Hill.
Multiple scenes take place at the Carriage House Apartments. This same apartment complex was the home of Sister Catherine Cesnik, whose murder was the subject of the Netflix series The Keepers (2017).