"i'm up in here dawg"

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

It’s the hot summer of 1990 in South Central Los Angeles where three young homies dream about escaping the ghetto and getting a whole lot of pussy. Football hero Tricky can’t keep his pants on for his live-in hottie Chanice while his Momma is getting it on with Fabulous Styles. His gangsta brother Doughkid gets tangled up between Baby Boo and Fancy which sparks a gang rivalry that escalates out of control. Meanwhile the only one not getting any poon is Deuce who finally gets his ‘Candi’ after the whole neighborhood witnesses the gang rivals hugging it out