Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
| Production | Lester Parris | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gary Ventimiglia | Executive Producer |
| Production | Guy Oseary | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mimi Melgaard | Costume Design |
| Production | Lennox Parris | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Chris Hudson | Author |
| Editing | Jeff Freeman | Editor |
| Production | Pras Michel | Producer |
| Camera | Hubert Taczanowski | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robi Reed | Casting |
| Art | Ina Mayhew | Production Design |
| Art | KEi | Art Direction |
| Writing | Kelly Hilaire | Author |
| Art | Jaro Dick | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Robert Adetuyi | Author |
| Production | Happy Walters | Producer |
| Directing | Robert Adetuyi | Director |
| Production | E. Bennett Walsh | Producer |
| Writing | Ray 'Cory' Daniels | Author |
| Sound | Frank Fitzpatrick | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincent Sullivan | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicki Ledermann | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Dave Jordan | Music Coordinator |
