
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

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Questlove
Self

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Russell Simmons
Self

Erik Weiner
Ren

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Common
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Method Man
Self

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Kool G Rap
Self

Dana Dane
Self

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

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

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Queen Latifah
Francine

Talib Kweli
Self

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Slick Rick
Self

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist