Shantia and her best friend leave high school with plans to go to community college, get jobs and become roommates. Shantia is living life and having fun when she unexpectedly falls for the sexy, Cornelius "Capone" Johnson. Their teenage love affair quickly turns into a grown up one when Cornelius suggests they move in together. Everyone around them feels like they're rushing, but they don't care what anyone has to say. Their relationship grows stronger by the day, and soon the two are the best of friends. Cornelius' family friend Quan turns him on to the opportunity to make money, and Cornelius is all for it, he's even all for the idea of going out of town to get money. Shantia's life is quickly turned upside down when her father is sent to jail and Cornelius leaves town promising that he's grinding for them. It doesn't take long for Cornelius to get caught up in the antics of the street life, and it costs him his girl. Shantia's best friend Carmen just wants a man to call her own. She's young and impressionable, and like all teenagers, she makes some very bad decisions. The problem is, her bad decisions could cost her life. The adult world is throwing curve balls at the group of young friends left and right. When secrets are revealed, hearts are broken, and beefs are ignited, only a select few will come out on top. Follow this crew from their teenage years into adulthood, where the only thing that will help them to survive is following the street code, or the hood commandments.