Part 1: Introduction

In the streets of Chicago, a fifteen year old girl named Isabelle and a seventeen year old boy named Diandre are surrounded by a reality plagued with violence, drugs and prostitution. Both aspire to be world renowned hip hop idols. With an abusive father and an alcoholic mother, Isabelle looks to Diandre as a brotherly figure. The more popular each grows, the further apart they become as their rivalry starts to unfold.