It’s early ‘90’s New York. Melissa comes from a violent home; her fix for it is to get away. Hopping a train to the big city, she seeks refuge with her friends and embraces the dancing, techno music, and faux family of the underground club life. With ambitions of performing as a freestyle MC, aspiring to get the resources to be a DJ, Melissa doesn’t want to leave. Melissa’s struggle to pursue her ambitions puts hard choices in her path, with harder consequences. But in this world, opportunity can only come from adversity. Melissa has learned the rules of a lawless game, and she keeps playing. How else can she gain the stage?