
Though the roles aren't identical to Lucius and Cookie, the similarities between the two projects are undeniable. Furthermore, it ensembles other stars including Ludacris, DJ Qualls, Elise Neal, Taraji P. On July 22, 2005, Hustle & Flow was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States. As you now know, of course, Hustle & Flow starred Terrence Howard as Djay, a Memphis pimp/aspiring rapper, and Henson as Shug, a pregnant sex worker who worked for him. Her breakthrough was in Hustle & Flow, the 2005 American drama film starring Terrence Howard.

Beyond this point are a whole bunch of spoilers, and I don't want to ruin this great film for you. If you haven't seen Hustle & Flow, please go watch it. : Hustle & Flow : Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson as Shug Paula Jai Parker as Lexus Elise Neal. And lucky for us, this sequel will last a whole lot longer than 90 minutes. Terrence Howard as DJay Anthony Anderson as Key Taryn Manning as Nola Taraji P.
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All the elements that made the movie special - the epic music, the realistic depictions of characters trying to put their crimes behind them, Howard and Henson's fraught relationship - are the same reasons I'm already addicted to Empire after just one episode. Empire feels like Hustle & Flow 's sequel, a look at what could have happened to the film's characters 10 years down the line. T.I. The cast includes: Anthony Anderson as Key, Terrence Howard as DJay, DJ Qualls as Shelby, Taryn Manning as Nola, Elise Neal as Yevette, Taraji P. Henson in a project together was, and remains, a very good thing. The lineup spread across the soundtrack for Hustle & Flow cannot be denied. It sounds like a Southern-fried 8 Mile: DJay (Terrence Dashon Howard), is a slightly underqualified Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis who seeks success in the. But people still know a good thing when they see one, and pairing Terrence Howard and Taraji P. 1 It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and in 2006 was ranked number 80 on VH1 's '100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop'.
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It's been nearly a decade since Hustle & Flow was released, and a lot has changed in both Hollywood and television. ' It's Hard out Here for a Pimp ' is a song written by American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, alongside Cedric Coleman, as the theme song to the American drama film Hustle & Flow (2005).
