
Turn It Up (2000)
How you gonna win?
86 min
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.
- Release date
- June 28, 2001
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Pras Michel as Diamond
- Ja Rule as Gage
- Elain R. Graham as Rose
- Chris Messina as Baz
- Eugene Clark as Marshall
- Harry-O as Master Mix
- Patrice Goodman as Jane
- John Ralston as Mr. White
- Jason Statham as Mr. B
- Tseng Chang as Mr. Chang
Crew
- Robert Adetuyi · Director
- Ray 'Cory' Daniels · Writer
- Chris Hudson · Writer
- Kelly Hilaire · Writer
- Robert Adetuyi · Writer
- Guy Oseary · Producer
- Happy Walters · Producer
- Frank Fitzpatrick · Composer
- Hubert Taczanowski · Cinematographer
- Jeff Freeman · Editor
- Robi Reed · Casting director
- Ina Mayhew · Production designer