
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

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Jermaine Dupri
Self

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

Dana Dane
Self

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Questlove
Self

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Russell Simmons
Self

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Common
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Method Man
Self

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Queen Latifah
Francine

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Kool G Rap
Self

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Erik Weiner
Ren

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Slick Rick
Self

Talib Kweli
Self

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist