Hustle & Flow

2005 • 116 minutes

About this movie

DJay is a Memphis hustler who spends most days in a parked Chevy philosophizing about life while Nola (Taryn Manning), turn tricks in the backseat. He's not very good at pimping, but he can hustle almost anything or anyone and makes enough to keep himself and three girls satisfied and housed in his shotgun home. DJay however is in the midst of a midlife crisis| he quietly harbors dreams of becoming a respected rapper. When he learns from a local club owner, Arnel (Isaac Hayes), that rap mogul Skinny Black (Ludacris), is rolling through town, DJay decides to record his flow with the hopes of slipping his demo to Skinny. With little help from his friends and "family" DJay sets in motion the hustle of his life, and galvanizes the lives of those around him as they learn that "Everybody's gotta have a dream."

Ratings and reviews

Now I remember being 9 years old and seeing the trailer and it looked cool but only problem was I was too young to watch that movie so and didn't see it until the spring of 2008 (I was 13) and I thought it was pretty good. Nothing special about it but it was good

movie was a celebration of stupidity. im a rapper and i didnt like this message one bit. pretty good acting and story line, but terrible message to send people

Y'all people don't get it. its not just bout drugs and pimpin . He had to do those things to survive it was hard for him and he just wanted to get his voice heard.WHICH HE DID