Turn It Up (2000) on Netflix

Plot summary

Diamond has a plan: make it out of Brooklyn's mean streets with rap music. His longtime friend Gage acts as his manager, and together they are putting down a demo tape in cut-rate studio time. To keep money coming in, the two run drugs for a dealer called Mr. B. In one week, Diamond's mother dies without warning, his father returns after twelve years away and wants a place in his life, and his girlfriend Kia says she is pregnant and asks if he is ready to be a father. Gage then carries out a robbery and takes $100,000 so Diamond can record a full album, unaware that the cash is Mr. B's. Mr. B wants the money back.