Plot
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
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Cast
Pras Michel
Denzel / Diamond
Ja Rule
David 'Gage' Williams
Jason Statham
Mr. B
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cliff
Tamala Jones
Kia
John Ralston
Mr. White
Chris Messina
Baz
Eugene Clark
Marshall
Derwin Jordan
Seamus
Patrice Goodman
Jane
Chang Tseng
Mr. Chang
Harry-O
Master Mix
Elain R. Graham
Rose
Faith Evans
Natalie
Melyssa Ford
Deborah
Jeff Jones
Minister
LeRoy Allen
Security Guard
Shinehead
Smiley
DJ Skribble
DJ
Conrad Dunn
Urie
Patricia Velásquez