The conditions are not exactly state-of-the-art. Inspired by the new stardom of Skinny Black (Ludacris), a local boy who has recently achieved fame as a rapper, DJay sets up a makeshift studio in his house with his friend Key (Anthony Anderson) and begins recording. The man in question is DJay (Terrence Dashon Howard), a mildly successful hustler with a handful of hos and a stormy relationship with girlfriend/lead whore Nola (Taryn Manning). So I guess there’s no pleasing some people. In fact, much of it is unintentionally funny, being the story of a Memphis pimp who wants to leave the world of pimping and become a rapper, though once he achieves that, all he raps about is pimping. It is not as good as “8 Mile,” though, and it certainly doesn’t warrant the attention it got from distributors when it premiered at Sundance. It is the black version of Eminem’s “8 Mile,” which many will argue should have been black to begin with. “Hustle & Flow” is a movie about rap music, which means, perforce, that it is also about guns and sex.
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