Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American musical drama movie written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. The movie is about a  hustler and pimp from Memphis, Tennessee named DJay who is interested in being a rapper. 

The movie stars Terrence Howard as DJay. Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, and Ludacris also star in this movie.

Hustle & Flow won the Best Original Song category at the 78th Academy Awards for the song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" by the hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" became the second hip hop song to win an Academy Award (after "Lose Yourself" by Eminem).

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Category:2005 drama movies
Category:2000s American drama movies
Category:2000s English-language movies
Category:2005 musical movies
Category:American musical movies
Category:Movies set in Tennessee
Category:Movies that won the Best Original Song Academy Award
Category:Movies directed by Craig Brewer