Backdrop

Brown Sugar

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.

2002 |1h 49m |  Romance, Comedy

Videos

Cast

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Sanaa Lathan

Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

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Taye Diggs

Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

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Yasiin Bey

Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

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Nicole Ari Parker

Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

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Boris Kodjoe

Kelby Dawson

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Queen Latifah

Francine

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Wendell Pierce

Simon

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Erik Weiner

Ren

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Marc John Jefferies

Young Dre

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Angie Martinez

Self (Radio DJ)

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Rosalyn Coleman

Trish Hofmann

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Venida Evans

Older Woman

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Brette Taylor

Woman 2

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Donna DuPlantier

Woman 3

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Sterling K. Brown

Co-Worker

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Big Daddy Kane

Self

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Tariq Trotter

Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

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Questlove

Self

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Kool G Rap

Self

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Helmar Augustus Cooper

Reverend

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Toks Olagundoye

Sidney's LA Assistant

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Opal Alladin

Crafts Vendor

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Dana Dane

Self

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Doug E. Fresh

Self

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Slick Rick

Self

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Jermaine Dupri

Self

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Kimora Lee Simmons

Self

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Russell Simmons

Self

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Beanie Sigel

Self

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Talib Kweli

Self

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Common

Self

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Method Man

Self

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Liza Lapira

Hot 97 Receptionist

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Ralph E. Tresvant

Royale (uncredited)

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Kevin Watson

Record Label Executive (uncredited)

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Vinny DeGennaro

Bouncer (uncredited)

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Lamman Rucker

Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

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Spencer Kayden

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Joanie Laurer

Woman at Party (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$27,362,712.00