Un talentoso estudiante de Yale se esfuerza por cumplir con las exigencias de su prometedora carrera académica mientras ayuda a su padre encarcelado.

La historia de Fred Hampton, presidente del partido Black Panther en Illinois, y de cómo fue traicionado por el informador del FBI William O'Neal.

In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.