The plot centers upon the coming of age and misadventures of three white youths from the small town of Holyoke, Iowa who, having been seduced by the fast money and easy women of the gangsta rap lifestyle, yearn to be African American. The trio of would-be hoodlums ventures to Cabrini–Green housing project in Chicago, Illinois, where they have crossovers with gangstas and the police in the climactic finale, the irrepressible leader of the white hoodlums is beaten up and they went back to Iowa and decided to stay there.
Doctor Dré and Ed Lover are two bumbling barbers at a Harlem barbershop. Knowing full well that cutting hair is not their calling, their boss, friend, and mentor Nick (Jim Moody) tells the two maybe they should try out for the police academy. Crazily enough, it works out for the two, and they are accepted on the New York City police force. Things seem to be going well for them, when tragedy suddenly strikes, and they lose Nick. Now enforcers of the law, the tag team decides to investigate the incident, which they believe to be a murder.
L'histoire se déroule dans le Bronx à New York. Le film raconte les débuts de la culture hip-hop en abordant tous les aspects, la danse (smurf, break dance), le rap, et le graffiti et les créateurs du hip-hop: les DJ pratiquant le Turntablism.
Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, alias Bushido, rappeur ayant du succès, est en tournée en Allemagne lorsqu'il reçoit une carte postale de son père. Les souvenirs de sa vie difficile remontent. Mais c'est le moment d'aller sur scène.
Camping on the streets of Tokyo, Michio meets Chihiro, a dancer, whom he makes fun of at first, but later befriends. Together they join a team of aspiring dancers and aim to make their professional debut. Michio and Chihiro gradually develop feelings for each other but, triggered by jealousy, Michio's old friends try to come in between them.