Although furious at first, Pastor Jacob comes to realize his son's raps carry positive messages and rescinds his initial disapproval. At the urging of his wife, Gail ( Dawnn Lewis), Pastor Jacob goes to the club to apologize to Roxie, where he catches his son working at the club, and learns that Cyrus writes rap lyrics. Right after their rousing performance, Pastor Jacob humiliates Roxie in front of the congregation by calling out people who are living in "hip-hop-crisy". Cyrus invites Roxie to perform with the choir at his church. As Kris uses Cyrus' verses to get closer to both Roxie's heart and his newfound fame, Cyrus begins to resent his best friend.Ĭyrus and Roxie get to know each other and Roxie says she can talk to him better than she can talk to Kris. Kris convinces Cyrus to let him take credit for the song because he has feelings for Roxie. Roxie chooses Truth's heartfelt song "Don't Run Away" as the winning entry but misidentifies Kris as Truth because the photo Cyrus submitted was of them both. Cyrus also secretly works as a busboy at a club, Off the Street, where the music label of their childhood friend, teenage singing sensation Roxanne "Roxie" Andrews ( Coco Jones), is sponsoring a songwriting contest. Vance) disapproval of rap music and his shy demeanor compared to his more outgoing best friend Kris Howard ( Trevor Jackson). In Atlanta, Georgia, 15–year-old Cyrus DeBarge ( Tyler James Williams) is a musically talented choir director who writes rap lyrics under the pseudonym "Truth" because of his father Pastor Jacob's ( Courtney B.
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The Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on Jin the United States and Canada, and Jin the United Kingdom and Ireland. The film was directed by Paul Hoen and written by Eric Daniel and Don D. The film follows a shy, talented rapper and musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they're delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend, in a retelling of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. It features an ensemble cast of Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson and Brandon Mychal Smith. Let It Shine is a 2012 musical television film that premiered on Disney Channel.