

"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.
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writers: Michael Elliot, Rick Famuyiwa, Michael Elliot

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