Sat, Dec 7, 2019
Michael Jamal Jones aka (MIke/Mikey) has just became the first college graduate of his neighborhood and has made his Parents extremely proud. Anxious to start his new journey Mike rushes home after a day of basketball to check the mail for a scholarship letter at a top notch school based in Los Angeles. After reviewing his scholarship letter he figures out this school is outrageously expensive and that he will need a miracle to pay off the rest of his tuition in just two short weeks. Desperate to come up with the remaining funds and no one else to turn to, Mike turns to his loyal but troublesome best friend "Tony" who vows to get Mike the money he needs by any means necessary. Tony then rounds up his boys along with his uncle "Frank" to commit a robbery on the neighborhoods dope boy. After having a rejuvenating boost of money from Tony, Mike makes a decision to risk it all at the casino to retrieve the remaining 2,800 dollars he needs to attend school. With God on his side, Mike strikes gold and wins the money needed to attend school; However his happiness was cut short after finding out his deadline to pay for school was last week. Feeling down but refusing to give up Mike makes a power move to fly to Los Angeles and spread his wings in search of his childhood dream. Shortly after his arrival in L.A, he runs into a whirl wind of trouble, that lead to him getting robbed, pepper sprayed, getting into fights and sleeping with bed bugs. Fed up with his current living situation, Mike finds a new place to live where he is reunited with the love of his life.