
Brown Sugar
When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Trailer
Cast

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Erik Weiner
Ren

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Beanie Sigel
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Doug E. Fresh
Self

David Jolicoeur
Self - Trugoy the Dove [De La Soul]

Russell Simmons
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Slick Rick
Self

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Questlove
Self

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Method Man
Self

Kool G Rap
Self

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Talib Kweli
Self

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Dana Dane
Self

Queen Latifah
Francine

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Common
Self