Let It Shine (film)

Let It Shine is a 2012 musical television film that premiered on Disney Channel. It features an ensemble cast of Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson and Brandon Mychal Smith. The film follows a shy, talented rapper and musician who pens romantic hiphop verses only to stand idly by as theyre delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend, in a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac. The film was directed by Paul Hoen and written by Eric Daniel and Don D. Scott. The Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on June 15, 2012 in the US and CAN and on July 20, 2012 in the UK. The first look at it was seen during Disneys Whodunit Weekend on April 13, 2012. The film also premiered on BET on August 11, 2012.

Cyrus and Roxie get to know each other and Roxie says she can talk to him better than she can talk to Kris. Cyrus invites Roxie to perform with the choir at his church. Right after their rousing performance, Pastor Jacob humiliates Roxie in front of the congregation by calling out people who are living in hiphopcrisy. 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. Although furious at first, Pastor Jacob comes to realize his sons raps carry positive messages and rescinds his initial disapproval.The conflict between Cyrus and Kris comes to a head when they have a physical altercation at the club. Levi, Alex Dsert the club owner, convinces the two not to let their friendship die. The two mend their friendship and during a duet with Roxie, Cyrus takes Kris place on the stage to sing Me and You, revealing through the lyrics that he was Truth all along. Cyrus apologizes and confesses his true feelings, but Roxie storms from the stage and wants nothing to do with either of them. At a hip hop battle contest, Cyrus calls out the winner, an arrogant rapper named Lord of Da Bling Brandon Mychal Smith. The two battle for the trophy, which Cyrus wins by rapping to the audience that Bling is not in fact rich, but a normal person, which he found out by seeing Bling work his day job as a taxi driver. ........

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