Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
Pras Michel
as Denzel / Diamond
Ja Rule
as David 'Gage' Williams
Jason Statham
as Mr. B
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Cliff
Tamala Jones
as Kia
John Ralston
as Mr. White
Chris Messina
as Baz
Eugene Clark
as Marshall
Derwin Jordan
as Seamus
Patrice Goodman
as Jane
張錚
as Mr. Chang
Harry-O
as Master Mix
