
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

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Erik Weiner
Ren

Common
Self

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Kool G Rap
Self

Slick Rick
Self

Talib Kweli
Self

Questlove
Self

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

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

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Method Man
Self

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Beanie Sigel
Self

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Dana Dane
Self

Queen Latifah
Francine

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Russell Simmons
Self