Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 20 years ago this month, two sweaty, skanky, Southern-fried flicks showed up in multiplexes: the quasi-musical hip-hop dramedy ...

On this day 20 years ago, Hustle & Flow hit theaters and flipped the script on how Hollywood viewed Southern hip hop and independent Black storytelling as a whole. Led by Terrence Howard in a ...

On this date in 2005, T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records delivered the official soundtrack to the gritty Memphis-based film Hustle & Flow, a release that would leave a lasting mark on both Hip-Hop and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “There was a lot of resistance to Hustle & Flow,” Brewer recalls. “People were saying, ‘Should we care about a pimp rapping?’ But ...

Henson and Howard starred in a much different project based on the hip hop industry in 2005. Hustle and Flow saw the Iron Man star playing a pimp and drug dealer with aspirations to be a successful ...

5. Kanye’s West’s “Jesus Walks” score for “Jarhead” was the only other token black choice, but the academy was scared the rapper would use the opportunity to tell viewers that the academy doesn’t care ...