
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.
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Cast

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Dana Dane
Self

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Queen Latifah
Francine

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Slick Rick
Self

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Talib Kweli
Self

Method Man
Self

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Beanie Sigel
Self

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Kool G Rap
Self

Common
Self

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Questlove
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Erik Weiner
Ren

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Russell Simmons
Self

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

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre