The Beat

2005•1h 25m

FantasyDramaScience Fiction

In a split narrative, a young man follows two paths: his father's dream of him becoming a cop, and his own dream of becoming a rapper

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Cast

Jazsmin Lewis

Tawanna

Coolio

Emcee

John Cothran

Bumma

Steve Connell

Artis

Rahman Jamaal

Flip

Kazz Wingate IV

Cassius 'Cash' Bernard

4-Zone

Self

Chino XL

Crazy 8

Takbir Bashir

Tak

John Cab

Mugger One

Charlie Capen

Young Businessman

Michael Colyar

Chi-Barnes

Keith Ewell

Tony

J.B. Ghuman Jr.

Jimmy

Toby Howard

Quentin Bernard

Brian McKnight

Record Executive

Antonio Negret

Doctor

Terrell J. Ramsey

Greyton

Betsy Randle

Marie Bernard

Jermaine Williams

Byron

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