Brown Sugar
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both discovered hip-hop for the first time. Now that they're back together, they should be perfect for each other, except that Dre's about to marry lawyer Reese and Sidney claims not to be interested in Dre romantically. Meanwhile, Dre is growing increasingly restless with his company's focus on profit over artistry, which leads to signing the gimmicky duo Ren and Ten while ignoring the talented Chris
Comedy, Romance
Sanaa Lathan as Sidney 'Syd' Shaw, Taye Diggs as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis, Yasiin Bey as Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon, Queen Latifah as fracine, Nicole Ari Parker as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis, Boris Kodjoe as Kelby Dawson, Sterling K. Brown as Co-Worker, Wendell Pierce as Simon, Big Daddy Kane as Himself, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Himself, Kool G. Rap as Himself, Tariq Trotter as Himself, Doug E. Fresh as Himself, Pete Rock as Himself, Jermaine Dupri as Himself, Slick Rick as Himself, Russell Simmons as Himself, Common as Himself, Talib Kweli as Himself, Beanie Sigel as Himself, Method Man as Himself, De La Soul as Themselves