
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

Dana Dane
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Common
Self

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Questlove
Self

Russell Simmons
Self

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Erik Weiner
Ren

Big Daddy Kane
Self

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

Method Man
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Slick Rick
Self

Queen Latifah
Francine

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Kool G Rap
Self

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Talib Kweli
Self

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]