Everybody gotta have a dream.
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Nov 20246/10
Terrence Howard really does put his heart and soul into this gritty story of an aspiring man who wants to leave his pimping days behind him and become an hip-hop MC. Living in Memphis, the city has an huge musical tradition but his own personal baggage threatens to drag him down at every opportunity as he tries to attach himself to visiting superstar "Skinny Black" (Ludacris). He knows that this is likely to be his last opportunity to escape the cycle of hopelessness he faces, but can he stay focused, on-course and away from crime long enough to prove his worth? The main characterisation of "Djay" is strongly portrayed here with guts and a degree of viscerally plausible credibility that really works at times. Sadly, though, the bulk of the rest of it resorts to more aggressive and would mouthed stereotyping that reinforces so many pejorative views of how African American men treat each other and the women (and children) in their lives. It's that very sad predictability that rather ruined the potency of Howard's effort here, and by mid-way through I can honestly say I couldn't have cared less whether he succeeded or not. Too many lives had already been ruined by his previous behavio
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Cast
- Terrence HowardDjay
- Anthony AndersonKey
- Taryn ManningNola
- Taraji P. HensonShug
- DJ QuallsShelby
- LudacrisSkinny Black
- Paula Jai ParkerLexus
- Elise NealYevette
- Isaac HayesArnel
- Juicy JTigga
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- Craig BrewerDirector
- Craig BrewerWriter
- Amy VincentDirector of Photography
- Scott BomarOriginal Music Composer
- Billy FoxEditor
- John SingletonProducer
- Stephanie AllainProducer
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