

Brown Sugar(2002)
"When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?"
Overview
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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Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Queen Latifah
Francine

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Erik Weiner
Ren
Reggi Wyns
Ten
Melissa Martínez
Meghan
Aaliyyah Hill
Young Sidney

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann
Keith Tisdell
Richard Lawson

Venida Evans
Older Woman
Breece Wilson
Woman

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3
Robin T. Kirksey
Bartender 1

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker
Kofi Boakye
Host
Dena Atlantic
Hot 97 Assistant
Gerry Pinzon
Instructor
Sam McPherson
Iridium Waiter

Big Daddy Kane
Self

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

Questlove
Self

Kool G Rap
Self

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend
Wyking Jones
Bartender

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Dana Dane
Self

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Slick Rick
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self
Pete Rock
Self
David Jolicoeur
Self - Trugoy the Dove [De La Soul]
Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]
Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Russell Simmons
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Talib Kweli
Self

Common
Self

Method Man
Self
Hadley Martin Fisher
Backstage Bartender
Justin 'DJ' Spaulding
Kid in the Park

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)
Erica Ise
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Chyna
Woman at Party (uncredited)
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