
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

Slick Rick
Self

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Russell Simmons
Self

Talib Kweli
Self

Method Man
Self

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

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Common
Self

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Questlove
Self

Queen Latifah
Francine

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Dana Dane
Self

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Erik Weiner
Ren

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Kool G Rap
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Beanie Sigel
Self

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)