"Hustle & Flow" is a feel-good story about a man finding his artistic voice and fulfilling his dream in the rough world of pimps, hos and druggies in Memphis. With the new Paramount regime having paid ...

Being a white guy from Memphis clearly hasn't kept filmmaker Craig Brewer from getting down with the gritty barbeque-and-blues essence of the sleepy Southern city in his jamming little underdog movie ...

20 years ago this month, two sweaty, skanky, Southern-fried flicks showed up in multiplexes: the quasi-musical hip-hop dramedy Hustle & Flow and the hicksploitation horror show The Devil’s Rejects.

When Hustle & Flow premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it was the definition of an underdog story — a gritty, Memphis-made drama about a small-time hustler who dreams of becoming a rapper.