Fact1: DJay After decides to try hand at making hip hop songs acquiring keyboard and reacquainting himself with old friend from school, Fact2: first fixed-length song done at urging of friends appears to have decent chance of becoming hit and getting local radio play, Fact3: DJay 's pregnant prostitute joins in creative process, Fact4: Skinny Black be returning to neighborhood for Fourth of July party, Fact5: DJay gains admittance to party with intention of giving Skinny Black demo tape
Output: DJay Terrence Howard is a pimp and drug dealer who is dissatisfied with his life. After acquiring a keyboard and reacquainting himself with an old friend from school, Key Anthony Anderson, who has become a sound technician, DJay decides to try his hand at making hip hop songs. Key and his soundmixer friend Shelby DJ Qualls help DJay put together several flow songs in which he expresses the frustrations of a smalltime hustler struggling to survive. DJay quickly proves to have a real talent for lyrics, and his first fixedlength song, done at the urging of his friends, appears to have a decent chance of becoming a hit and getting local radio play. The group experiences many setbacks throughout the creative process. DJay must hustle those around him in order to procure proper equipment and recording time, and Keys relationship with his wife becomes strained. DJay throws out one of his prostitutes, Lexus, along with her oneyearold son Roger, for ridiculing his art. DJays pregnant prostitute, Shug Taraji P. Henson, joins in the creative process, singing hooks, and the group eventually records several fixedlength tracks, including Whoop That Trick and their primary single Its Hard Out Here for a Pimp. After their first recording, DJay falls in love with Shug. DJays friend, Arnel Isaac Hayes, informs him that Skinny Black Chris Ludacris Bridges, a successful Memphis rapper, will be returning to the neighborhood for a Fourth of July party. DJay gains admittance to the party under the pretext of providing marijuana, with the intention of giving Skinny Black his demo tape. Black is dismissive at first, but after a long night of reminiscing DJay successfully persuades him into taking the tape. Before leaving the party, however, DJay discovers that the drunken Black has destroyed his tape, leaving it in the toilet. When DJay confronts Skinny Black, Black laughs at the idea of touring with DJay and insults him. In a fit of rage, DJay beats and pistol whips Black with his own gun. Realizing what he has done, DJay attempts to resuscitate the unconscious Black, until a member of Blacks crew enters the bathroom and quickly pulls out his gun. DJay shoots the man in his arm, then uses him as a human shield to make his escape. DJay arrives home to find the police and Blacks associates waiting for him. DJay turns himself in and tells Nola Taryn Manning to keep his writing pad, with his rap lyrics. He tells her she is in charge of getting his songs on local radio stations, and exchanges a glance with a tearful Shug. DJay is charged for assault and possession of a firearm and is sentenced to 11 months in prison. While serving his time, DJay gets a visit from Key. When Key asks DJay if he really knew Skinny Black, DJay reveals that he made it up in order to keep the groups dream alive. DJay learns from Key that Nola has hustled the local radio DJs into playing his songs, which have become local hits. Key says he and Nola want to discuss his future plans. The film ends as we see a friendly duo of prison guards who have their own rap group asking DJay to listen to their demo, much as DJay had approached Skinny Black. Humbled and flattered, DJay accepts their tape and responds with: You know what they say, everybody gotta have a dream.