![]() ![]() ![]() Key and his sound-mixer friend Shelby help DJay put together several songs in which he expresses the frustrations of struggling to survive in the ghetto. After reacquainting himself with an old friend and sound technician, Key, DJay decides to make hip hop music. The film received numerous accolades and nominations, and was nominated twice at the 78th Academy Awards for Best Actor (Howard) and Academy Award for Best Original Song for Three 6 Mafia's song " It's Hard out Here for a Pimp", winning the latter and becoming the second hip hop song to win an Academy Award, after Eminem's " Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile.ĭJay is a pimp and drug dealer living in Memphis, Tennessee, who is dissatisfied with his life, and is going through a midlife crisis. It was also a commercial success, grossing $23.5 million against a production budget of $2.8 million. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at the performances (particularly those of Howard and Henson), Brewer's script and direction, and the soundtrack. Hustle & Flow was released in the United States on July 22, 2005, by Paramount Pictures. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, Elise Neal, DJ Qualls and Ludacris. It also stars Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. ![]() Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. ![]()
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