Other entertainers providing voices include Lil Wayne, Young Cash, Snoop Dogg, Sophia Fresh, and Rick Ross, and comedians such as Andy Samberg and Charlie Murphy.

Mr. Thanksgiving and Freaknik explain that a rapping contest will be held, the victor of which will get "a lifetime supply of money, clothes, and hoes".

The scene changes to the bedroom of Virgil (Young Cash), Big Uzi (Rick Ross), and Light Skin (CeeLo Green), collectively known as the Sweet Tea Mobsters, a group of young adult rappers from Sweet Tea, Florida, who hope to achieve fame.

The group decides to drive to Atlanta to participate in the contest, along with their weed-smoking (and supplying) friend Doela Man (DJ Pooh).

During their journey, Light Skin tells of a secret society of African Americans called the Boule, fraternity parlance for "a council of noblemen", that seeks to guide the course of Black culture.

The members of this organization are parodies of Oprah Winfrey, Al Sharpton (Charlie Murphy), Bill Cosby (Kel Mitchell), Russell Simmons (Affion Crockett), O. J. Simpson, and Jesse Jackson.

Du Bois essay The Talented Tenth, which says that a class of exceptional members of the Black race will rise to lead it.

On their long, winding road trip, the Sweet Tea Mob gets lost in New Orleans and are confronted by a gangster (Snoop Dogg) who makes them visit his boss, Trap Jesus (Lil Wayne).

Upon meeting Trap Jesus, the group loses hope, thinking it is the end, but instead he inspires them to compete and gives them one of his many Lamborghinis to use to get to Atlanta.

They crash the Lamborghini when Big Uzi becomes enraged after hearing the Fruit Bowl Boys talking about his jail experience.

Freaknik: The Musical originally evolved from a failed pilot entitled That Crook'd 'Sipp, created by Mike Weiss, Jacob Escobedo, and Nick Weidenfeld, as well starring David Banner.

The episodes never surfaced and the show's status remained up in the air until mid-2009 when the series was scrapped for good in order to create this special.

[7] The uncut 49-minute-long version of Freaknik: The Musical was released on one-disc DVD set in the United States in October 2010,[8][9] from Warner Home Video, and included the soundtrack.

The track "Ghetto Commandments", the credits outro song, was released on iTunes as a single on March 23, featuring rappers Snoop Dogg & Mack Maine who play in the movie.