
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

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Dana Dane
Self

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Kool G Rap
Self

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Talib Kweli
Self

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Method Man
Self

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Beanie Sigel
Self

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Questlove
Self

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Big Daddy Kane
Self

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

Russell Simmons
Self

Common
Self

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Queen Latifah
Francine

Erik Weiner
Ren

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Slick Rick
Self