Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow
Directed by	Craig Brewer
Written by	Craig Brewer
Produced by	Stephanie Allain John Singleton
Starring	Terrence Howard Anthony Anderson Taryn Manning Taraji P. Henson Paula Jai Parker Elise Neal DJ Qualls Ludacris
Cinematography	Amy Vincent
Edited by	Billy Fox
Music by	Scott Bomar
Production companies	Paramount Classics MTV Films New Deal Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 22, 2005 (2005-07-22)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.8 million
Box office	$23.5 million

Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American musical drama movie written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. The movie is about a hustler and pimp from Memphis, Tennessee named DJay who is interested in being a rapper.

The movie stars Terrence Howard as DJay. Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, and Ludacris also star in this movie.

Hustle & Flow won the Best Original Song category at the 78th Academy Awards for the song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" by the hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" became the second hip hop song to win an Academy Award (after "Lose Yourself" by Eminem).