
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

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Questlove
Self

Method Man
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Russell Simmons
Self

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

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

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Talib Kweli
Self

Common
Self

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Dana Dane
Self

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Kool G Rap
Self

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Slick Rick
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Queen Latifah
Francine

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Erik Weiner
Ren

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)