"Hustle & Flow" is a feel-good story about a man finding his artistic voice and fulfilling his dream in the rough world of pimps, hos and druggies in Memphis. With the new Paramount regime having paid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “There was a lot of resistance to Hustle & Flow,” Brewer recalls. “People were saying, ‘Should we care about a pimp rapping?’ But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Hoop Street" has yet to screen in the city where it was conceived and produced, but the feature film about a struggling young ...

On this day 20 years ago, Hustle & Flow hit theaters and flipped the script on how Hollywood viewed Southern hip hop and independent Black storytelling as a whole. Led by Terrence Howard in a ...

On this date in 2005, T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records delivered the official soundtrack to the gritty Memphis-based film Hustle & Flow, a release that would leave a lasting mark on both Hip-Hop and ...

“Hustle & Flow” seemed like an unlikely, unconventional candidate for the Academy Awards — being a film about a pimp turned rapper on the Memphis scene. But the critically-acclaimed success went on to ...

We have Team 3 coverage as we head to Blytheville, Arkansas as the Mid-South braces for round two of winter weather.

The Memphis-made film "Hoop Street" will premiere at the Porretta Film Festival in Italy. The screening is part of a "Film Exchange" between Memphis and Porretta Terme, Italy. Craig Brewer's ...