Turn It Up
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.
- Zhanri: Action, Crime, Drama
- Studio: New Line Cinema, Paris Brothers, MadGuy Films
- Fjalen: rap music, single parent, loss of loved one, rapper, socially deprived family, musical
- Cast: Pras Michel, Ja Rule, Jason Statham, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tamala Jones, John Ralston
