The singer-songwriter discusses making her film debut and writing the title track for Spike Lee’s new movie 'Highest 2 Lowest.'

"He was in his 80s, but he had more energy than I that day," the filmmaker says of the legendary musician, who died Aug. 6 at 88.

The stars also unpack the pivotal scene their characters share that sets up the film’s final act in an interview with TODAY.com.

Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest champions Black artists across different genres, which include hits from A$AP Rocky and Jensen McRae.

Spike Lee’s rendition of an Akira Kurosawa classic is a tedious ride until Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky’s third act kicks it into high gear.

A collaborator of Lee’s for more than a decade now, Hadera also appeared in Oldboy (2013), Chi-Raq (2015), and the Netflix adaptation of She’s Gotta Have It, besides starring in series such as Show Me a Hero, Billions, and MGM+’s Godfather of Harlem, the fourth season of which aired this past spring.

Denzel Washington is out promoting his latest Spike Lee collaboration, 'Highest 2 Lowest,' and the Oscar talk is already swirling.

Denzel Washington knows “all money ain’t good money” – but sometimes you’ve got to put food on the table. The tag line for Spike Lee’s latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” in whichWashington stars as a music mogul caught in a ransom plot on the eve of abig business deal,