The streets of the forgotten borough, Staten Island, are cold. And so are the drug dealers that flood them. When your pockets are empty but your needs are full, you do the unthinkable. After her mother walks out on her at seven years old, Messiah Garibaldi was groomed to be a boss. Being the daughter to a mob boss and maid, she learned early to never mix business with pleasure. Messiah and her best friend, Jaylah, cook some of the best dope to man, which is how the ruthless drug lord, Tech, enters her world. Never being the one to be in love, Rasheed enters Messiah’s life and opens her to the possibility to love. Will Messiah mix business with pleasure? There’s only one thing in his way: Eli, Messiah’s companion. Eli is money hungry and broke. When giving the opportunity, Eli pulls off a stunt that might end his life. LB is a low-level nickel and dime drug dealer for Tech. Tech has been promising to put him on for years. Tired of being broke and watching Tech reaps the benefits of his labor, LB decides to step out and link up with Rasheed. Staten Island is small, everyone knows everyone…but do they really? When you have crack money but cocaine dreams, envy becomes your best friend.

The streets of the forgotten borough are still filled with greed, deceit and disloyalty. Messiah finds her mother and doesn’t know how to react. Her anger wants to put a bullet in her forehead, but the little girl inside is dying to know the woman who abandoned her so many years ago. The only problem standing in the middle of that is Tech. Messiah's mother, Carla, has to make one of the toughest decisions in her life, but will she make the right one? When Messiah digs up some old skeletons, it causes Carla to step back into the role she had lost so many years ago. Will she make the right decision? Rasheed is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Choosing between his sister, and fiancé he’s stuck. His loyalty and love for his sister wont allow him to turn his back on her, no matter how wrong she did him. With Messiah stepping into her new role, Rasheed doesn’t approve of; heads are sure to bud. Will Rasheed approve of his fiancé’s decision or fight back? Jaylah and Lb’s relationship is on the rock. When someone from her past enters her life, he opens her eyes to the stuff that Lb is putting her through, along with the possibility of rekindling a crush she had harbored for years. When Lb is caught up, and the truth hits Jaylah like a ton of bricks will she leave or continuing riding for Lb? Ock has a personal vendetta against Tech, since he was the reason he lost six years of his life. When he runs into Jaylah it’s fate’s sign that Tech has a death threat. Determined to handle business, and get his self right, he falls for the lovely Jaylah, hard. Eli thinks everyone thinks he’s dead. That is until his brother starts making costly mistakes that could end both of their lives. With a price on his head, and a reckless brother, will Eli fall into Messiah’s grasp or escape the forgotten borough?

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. Messiah learns that the old saying holds weight. With all of her enemies working together and her family with no clue where she is, she has no choice but to lie down. Trying to hold on for her twins and to see her love, Rasheed's face again Messiah decides she isn't going lay down so quietly. Chafe may have kidnapped his niece but he soon remembers that she's just as lethal as he is. Chafe gets a dose of reality when his masterminds in this plan are terrified of Messiah, except Tyesha. Rasheed recruits his old business partner, Moses to help find his fiancé. When Moses gets the crew together, nothing but mayhem will occur. Ock wants nothing more than to bust his gun right along with his wife, Jaylah. When a turn events occur, Ock has no choice but to sit down man to boy with Lb. Eli thought fleeing to Miami would change all his problems, but all they did was follow him. With Messiah in his hands, he plans to kill her. Lorenzo and Carla are working on being together. When Lorenzo's past calls him and sends a 6'1 green eye secret he's been hiding for years to his door step, Will this secret come on good turns when they find out their sister is responsible for the murder she committed in the packed club months ago. Juan still has ill feelings that his sister is still involved with that scum, Lorenzo. He wants nothing more than to be rid of his half breed niece and whore of a sister. When skeletons start to fall that Juan set Messiah up, Lorenzo is coming for blood. Soon Cyn has to choose between her father and her cousin. Who will she choose? Frenchy goes against better judgement and starts to do business on the Haitians side of town. When war erupts with the crew gain new territory in Miami? The stakes are high and the streets are still gritty. Find out who's still having cocaine dreams, with crack pockets.