MC Eiht

Explores today's music business and tries to figure out what happened to the great soul music of yesteryears; focusing on the changes within the label system with the advent of technology, social media and sampling. The emerging indie movement has resulted in an onslaught of quickly produced rap and hip hop songs that are taking over the industry.

The rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.

In Los Angeles, two rival gang leaders are also trying to be music producers. When DJ's equipment shorts out and Lonzo is cut out of the action by a record producer, the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With backing from Gator, a smooth New Orleans drug king, DJ and Lonzo start dealing, organizing their gangs into pushers. Just as their finances are looking up, one of Gator's team pulls a double cross and two of DJ and Lonzo's gang bangers start a shooting war. Can the erstwhile music producers salvage anything of their bond or their plans?

Caine, un joven afroamericano del barrio angelino de Watts, cuyo padre era traficante y su madre drogadicta, vive con sus abuelos maternos que intentan inculcarle los buenos valores que sus padres no pudieron darle. Pero sigue en el ghetto, lo cual hace que se junte con otros jóvenes, entre ellos una malísima influencia como lo es su mejor amigo, O-Dog. La violencia le rodea y tendrá que tomar una motivación existencial para poder escapar de ese "infierno", la chica que le gusta era la novia de su modelo paternal (condenado a cadena perpetua) y puede ser su chispa potenciadora para escapar y empezar de cero...