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Spike Lee\u2019s newest joint Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> is slated to make its debut this Friday (Aug. 15), and the highly anticipated film was celebrated in style right in the legendary director\u2019s home city. A plethora of stars gathered on Monday night (Aug. 11) at New York City\u2019s Brooklyn Academy of Music for the red carpet premiere, and leading actors Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky were front and center for the evening\u2019s festivities.<\/p>\n Attendees who came out to support the film included Chance The Rapper, Jordyn Woods, Karl-Anthony Towns, Dapper Dan, Rick Fox, Brent Faiyaz, and plenty more. Also ready for the spotlight were members of the cast, which boasted names like\u00a0Ice Spice, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Dean Winters, John Douglas Thompson, LaChanze, Aubrey Joseph, Michael Potts, Wendell Pierce, and Elijah Wright.<\/p>\n Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> <\/a>is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa\u2019s 1963 Japanese kidnapping drama High and Low,<\/em> which is loosely based on the 1959 novel King\u2019s Ransom by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter).<\/p>\n Spike Lee also previously commended<\/a> Rocky\u2019s ability to keep up with veteran actor Denzel. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> last week, he urged listeners \u201cdon\u2019t sleep on A$AP.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn this film, Denzel and A$AP go toe to toe,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve done five films with Denzel, and when he\u2019s in a scene with somebody, they just get overwhelmed. He\u2019s one of the world\u2019s greatest living actors. But A$AP wasn\u2019t having that. Toe to toe. I mean, they were going at it.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out red carpet photos from the Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> premiere in NYC below and watch the trailer above.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n More from VIBE.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Vibe’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spike Lee\u2019s newest joint Highest 2 Lowest is slated to make its debut this Friday (Aug. 15), and the highly anticipated film was celebrated in style right in the legendary director\u2019s home city. 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