Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
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Play'd: A Hip Hop Story is 2002 television drama film starring Rashaan Nall, Faizon Love
, Toni Braxton
and Merlin Santana
. The film was directed by Oz Scott
stars as rising East Coast rap star Jaxx, who has formed a musical partnership with longtime buddy Mayhem (Merlin Santana
). Enter Domino Breed (Faizon Love
), ruthless CEO of Da Block Records, a West Coast label. Filling Jaxx's head with promises of solo stardom and innumerable creature comforts (not all of them legal), Domino lures the young performer to California. As he becomes immersed in the gangster lifestyle common to so many of Domino's disciples, Jaxx grows distant from his friends and loved ones, especially his wife Shonda (Toni Braxton
), who had originally been in favor of her husband's career move. Inevitably, the greed-dictated rivalry between Jaxx and his former partner Mayhem culminates in tragedy.
Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
, Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
and Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana was an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Keshia Knight Pulliam's admirer, Stanley on The Cosby Show and the high school student, Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show.-Early life:Born in Upper Manhattan, New York to Dominican parents,...
. The film was directed by Oz Scott
Oz Scott
Osborne "Oz" E. Scott is an American screenwriter, television producer, film, television, and theatre director.-Career:Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and earned a MFA before he began his career in Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. While at the Arena Stage, he...
Synopsis
Rashaan NallRashaan Nall
Rashaan Harvey Nall is an American writer, director, screenwriter and actor of stage and screen.- Early life :Nall was born at Dominguez Hills Hospital in a community in the greater Los Angeles area. Rashaan literally raised on the border of Altadena and Pasadena, California is the youngest son of...
stars as rising East Coast rap star Jaxx, who has formed a musical partnership with longtime buddy Mayhem (Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana was an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Keshia Knight Pulliam's admirer, Stanley on The Cosby Show and the high school student, Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show.-Early life:Born in Upper Manhattan, New York to Dominican parents,...
). Enter Domino Breed (Faizon Love
Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
), ruthless CEO of Da Block Records, a West Coast label. Filling Jaxx's head with promises of solo stardom and innumerable creature comforts (not all of them legal), Domino lures the young performer to California. As he becomes immersed in the gangster lifestyle common to so many of Domino's disciples, Jaxx grows distant from his friends and loved ones, especially his wife Shonda (Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
), who had originally been in favor of her husband's career move. Inevitably, the greed-dictated rivalry between Jaxx and his former partner Mayhem culminates in tragedy.
Cast
- Rashaan NallRashaan NallRashaan Harvey Nall is an American writer, director, screenwriter and actor of stage and screen.- Early life :Nall was born at Dominguez Hills Hospital in a community in the greater Los Angeles area. Rashaan literally raised on the border of Altadena and Pasadena, California is the youngest son of...
- Jaxx - Toni BraxtonToni BraxtonToni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
- Shonda - Faizon LoveFaizon LoveFaizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
- Domino Breed - SharissaSharissaSharissa is an American singer. She released a debut album "No Half Steppin" on Motown Records in 2002 which yielded two charting singles, and recorded a second album "Every Beat of My Heart" for Virgin Records for a 2005 release...
- Yanesha - Merlin SantanaMerlin SantanaMerlin Santana was an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Keshia Knight Pulliam's admirer, Stanley on The Cosby Show and the high school student, Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show.-Early life:Born in Upper Manhattan, New York to Dominican parents,...
- Mayhem - Lawrence B. Adisa - Bangs
- Phillip Bolden - Little Jimmy
- Laurence Brown - Benard
- DeRay DavisDeRay DavisDeRay Davis is an American stand-up comedian and actor. DeRay began his career in the comedy clubs. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, He won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour...
- Jaxx's Bodyguard - Chris PapeChris PapeChris Pape is an American painter and graffiti artist. Pape started tagging subway tunnels and subway cars in 1974 as "Gen II" before adopting the tag "Freedom". Pape is best known for his numerous paintings in the eponymous Freedom Tunnel, an Amtrak tunnel running underneath Manhattan's...
- Bodyguard - Jacory Gums - Dooz
- Craig Robinson - Cole
- Enoch Harris - Singer
- Frankie Richards - Singer
- Dex Elliot Sanders - Skeem