Hustle and Flow
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Hustle & Flow is a 2005 movie starring Terrence Howard. It was nominated for two Academy Awards and won one for Best Original Song.
Hustle & Flow tells the story of a Memphis hustler called DJay (Howard) who has become dissatisfied with his life. He wants more than pimping and drug dealing. So, buying a keyboard, he tries to make some hip hop songs. With the help of his friends he manages to do quite well, showing talent for stringing together lyrics in a pleasing way. Using his hustling to fund his recording he manages to do quite well.
But his dream falls apart when, trying to get his songs heard, DJay realizes that the man he gave his demo tape to actually crushed the cassette. Enraged, DJay shoots one of the man’s guards in the arm and is arrested. But his dream comes true when he learns that one of his prostitutes actually managed to get a recording of his songs to a local DJ, who plays the songs on the radio.