Later, Shug tells DJay, tearfully, that making that recording (“Y’know it’s hard out there for a pimp … “) has made her life worthwhile. She gives him a great performance without even having to be whooped very hard. Henson), has a gorgeous voice and-being in her last trimester of pregnancy-isn’t generating any income.
DJay needs a female vocalist, and, as luck would have it, his main lady, Shug (Taraji P. Another song begins with a plaint about rent hassles when his hookers aren’t bringing in enough cash. He even has a good subject for his songs: how “it’s hard out there for a pimp.” One number is called “Whoop That Trick”-he settles on the title after rejecting “Beat That Bitch” and one or two other possibilities for being less refined. The pimp stuff is his hustle, but the music is his flow. The indie sensation Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics), written and directed by Craig Brewer, tells the gritty yet uplifting story of an abusive Memphis pimp, DJay (Terrence Howard), who has a mid-life crisis and decides to turn himself around by realizing his long-buried dream of making music.
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