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On the Come Up is a 2022 American musical drama film directed by Sanaa Lathan in her feature directorial debut. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Angie Thomas, it stars Jamila C. Gray, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Lil Yachty, Lathan, and Method Man.
Adapted from The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas’ same-titled novel, “On the Come Up” unoriginally hits the beats of other rap battle movies like “8 Mile” and “Hustle & Flow,” but without either of those films’ lived-in feel. Everything in Lathan’s aesthetic vision looks and sounds artificial.
On the Come Up: Directed by Sanaa Lathan. With Jamila Gray, Noa Dior Rucker, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Cooper Jr.. Story centers on 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.
- Sanaa Lathan
- 31 sec
Starring newcomer Jamila C. Gray, ON THE COME UP is the story of Bri, a gifted 16-year-old rapper, who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right...
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- Sanaa Lathan
- PG-13
- Da'vine Joy Randolph
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Sep 12, 2022 · The pic stars newcomer Jamila C. Gray as Bri, a 16-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of...
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Sep 20, 2022 · Twenty years after 8 Mile became an Oscar-winning movie, On the Come Up tells the story of a young female battle rapper split between staying true to the culture and selling out for mainstream commercialized rap.
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Sep 12, 2022 · Directed by Sanaa Lathan in her feature debut, 'On the Come Up' will be released Sept. 23 in theaters and on Paramount+.
