A rich kid who wants to be street-smart gangsta from the mean streets of L.A., and has been trying to launch a career as a hardcore rapper under the name "B-Rad", gets a taste of the real thing in this cool comedy. Brad Gluckman (Jamie Kennedy) is the son of a wealthy and prominent couple (Ryan O'Neal and Bo Derek) and grew up in the lap of luxury in Malibu. However, Brad's father is running for Governor of California, and both he and his campaign manager (Blair Underwood) are worried Brad's antics could impact on the election, so they come up with a plot to change his scare him out of the idea that the street life is cool. Mr. Gluckman hires two African-American actors (Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson) to impersonate a pair of gangsters from Compton who carjack Brad's SUV and take him to the 'hood', where he'll learn just how scary the mean streets of L.A. can be.
