
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.
Trailer
Cast

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Queen Latifah
Francine

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Slick Rick
Self

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

Talib Kweli
Self

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Questlove
Self

Common
Self

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Beanie Sigel
Self

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Dana Dane
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Kool G Rap
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Erik Weiner
Ren

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Russell Simmons
Self

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Method Man
Self