
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

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Queen Latifah
Francine

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Method Man
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Common
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Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Questlove
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Doug E. Fresh
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Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Big Daddy Kane
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Wendell Pierce
Simon

Slick Rick
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Erik Weiner
Ren

Jermaine Dupri
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Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Beanie Sigel
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Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Russell Simmons
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Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Kool G Rap
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Kimora Lee Simmons
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David Jolicoeur
Self - Trugoy the Dove [De La Soul]

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Talib Kweli
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Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Dana Dane
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