On the Come Up

Movie · 1h 55m

Starring Jamila Gray, Noa Dior Rucker, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Cooper Jr.

Sixteen-year-old Brianna Jackson is a gifted rapper who plans to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of her father, a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. However, when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose on her.