you shine in the shadow you win every battle

YOU SHINE IN THE SHADOW YOU WIN EVERY BATTLE MOVIE

Vance as Pastor Jacob DeBarge, Cyrus' father who, throughout most of the movie, believes that rap and hip-hop should be banned from the community. Nicole Sullivan as Lyla, Roxanne's manager and main stylist.Dawnn Lewis as Gail DeBarge, Cyrus' mother who openly encourages her son to follow his dreams.Brandon Mychal Smith as Lord of da Bling, the antagonist of the story who humiliates Cyrus at the club.

Trevor Jackson as Kris McDuffy, Cyrus' best friend.Coco Jones as Roxanne 'Roxie' Andrews, a famous singer and Cyrus and Kris' friend since kindergarten.He is shown to be musically talented, but likes hanging back in Kris's shadow. Tyler James Williams as Cyrus DeBarge/Truth.Roxie goes to the church and hugs Cyrus as they sing 'Let it Shine'. He says Cyrus is real and the one she needs to be with. Kris tells Roxie that Cyrus is a great person and only pretended he was not Truth for Kris. Cyrus wins the trophy by rapping that Bling is not in fact rich, because Cyrus has seen him working his day job as a taxi driver. At a hip hop battle Cyrus calls out arrogant rapper Lord of Da Bling. Cyrus apologizes but Roxie storms from the stage wanting nothing to do with either of them. During a duet with Roxie, Cyrus takes Kris' place on the stage to sing 'Me and You', revealing that he was Truth all along.

Club owner Levi convinces them not to let their friendship die. The conflict between Cyrus and Kris comes to a head in a physical altercation. At first furious, Jacob comes to realize his son's raps carry positive messages.

His wife Gail persuades Jacob to apologize to Roxie at the club, where he catches his son working and learns that Cyrus writes rap lyrics. After their performance, Jacob humiliates Roxie in front of the congregation by condemning people living in 'hip-hop-crisy'. Cyrus invites her to perform with the choir at his church. As Kris uses Cyrus' verses to get closer to both Roxie and his newfound fame, Cyrus begins to resent his friend.Īs Cyrus and Roxie get to know each other she says she can talk to him better than she can talk to Kris. Kris convinces Cyrus to let him keep the credit because he has feelings for Roxie. Roxie chooses Truth's song 'Don't Run Away' as the winning entry but misidentifies Kris as Truth because the photo Cyrus submitted was of them both. Cyrus 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, is sponsoring a songwriting contest. ġ5–year-old Cyrus DeBarge is a talented choir director in Atlanta, Georgia, who writes rap lyrics under the pseudonym 'Truth' because of his father Pastor Jacob's disapproval of rap music and his shy demeanor compared to his more outgoing best friend Kris Howard.

YOU SHINE IN THE SHADOW YOU WIN EVERY BATTLE MOVIE

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 American musical television film that premiered on Disney Channel.

You shine in the shadow you win every battle