When Hustle & Flow premiered at Sundance, it wasn’t just another indie drama. Craig Brewer’s Memphis-set story of a pimp turned rapper became a breakout that would take Hip Hop to the Oscars. What ...

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 ...

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 ...

I just can't get the tune "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" out of my head. It's the one that recently won an Academy Award for best original song. But don't for a second think I like the song, which is ...

Two decades after his breakout hit, the director looks back on the film that changed his life, launched Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, and made Three 6 Mafia Oscar winners.