She went into her home studio to re-record the song - a global rallying cry for women dealing with trifling men and their no-account friends- endeavoring to replicate the track exactly but also tinkering with it to give it a few subtle and clever twists. When Juel Taylor called on Erykah Badu to reimagine her classic 1997 hit “ Tyrone” for “ They Cloned Tyrone,” the four-time Grammy winner was up for the challenge. She thinks fast on her feet and, like her childhood hero Nancy Drew, loves to solve a mystery. She may be a working girl right now, but she has dreams of getting out. She works for Slick Charles and knows Fontaine from around the way. Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris) is a pro in the Glen. He is highly verbose and has a flair for the dramatic.
He was the International Players Ball winner back in 1995 and expects his girls to treat him with some respect, even if his best pimpin’ days are behind him. Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx) is a pimp in the Glen. He continues to mourn the loss of his younger brother Ronnie and lives with his mom, adhering to the same routine each day. He often responds to situations by drawing a gun. He is a stoic individual with a gold grill we barely ever see since he rarely smiles. Are they doomed to repeat a cycle? Or… is someone dooming them?įontaine (John Boyega) is a hustler in the Glen. Maybe there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to a system that isn’t set up for people born into poverty and struggle to succeed beyond their means. Maybe the people on the fringes of the community, who are just trying to grind out their daily hustle and keep their heads just above water in a neighborhood that hasn’t felt safe for a while - in part thanks to their activities - deserve a closer look.
The cars are old but also, new?Īnd now maybe those recognizable daily rhythms are a little too predictable. Where is it exactly? And… what year is it? That building that used to be a tire shop and before that a diner is just an empty boarded-up shack now.
Sure, it’s a little rundown and has its share of unsavory types - pimps, hustlers, sex workers - but the rhythms of life are recognizable.īut if you look a little closer, just below the surface, literally and figuratively, something doesn’t seem quite right. People go about their business, eating at the fast-food chicken place, getting their hair done, dancing at the club, attending church services. Alphonse Nicholson, Tamberla Perry, Eric Robinson Jr. UB has your First Look Preview, plus the director Juel Taylor and cast Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and Teyonah Parris speak on the film!Ī series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.Ĭast includes David Alan Grier, J. “ They Cloned Tyrone,” drops on Netflix Friday, July 21st.
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