Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about PAULA JAI PARKER!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Paula Jai Parker is an american actress, comedian, director and singer-songwriter . she has a number of iconic roles in films, including Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) in the 1990s, she appeared in several short-lived shows . she has appeared in the 1995 horror anthology Tales from the Hood . in the early 2000s, Parker co-starred in 30 Years to Life, in 2004, she played the lesbian woman in the LGBT comedy-drama, She Hate Me, and appeared as Ruth Brown in biographical film Ray . her breakthrough was in the 2005 independent drama Hustle & Flow Parker co-starred in the 2007 thriller film Cover starring Aunjanue Ellis . she also worked in low-profile independent movies . in 2015, she released an extended play entitled “Paula Jai & Friends” Paula almost passed on shooting the critically acclaimed movie . she only took the part at the urging of her manager . they have one son .