Richie Jimenez a.k.a. 'Mozart' is a talented graffiti artist struggling to rise above the gritty and dismal streets of South Central Los Angeles, where gangs run rampant and an increasing number of taggers are trading in their spray cans for guns. After his brother, a famed graffiti writer, loses his life to the hands of a vigilante gunman, Mozart vows to clean up his act. That lasts until he reunites with his best fried 'Shifty', a notorious wannabe tag banner, who drags him back into the graffiti circuit to help settle a beef with a rival tagging crew. It's not long before his friends' crazy schemes lead Mozart into all sorts of trouble. Finding his life dangerously spiraling out of control, Mozart knows he should walk away. Only this time it's personal.