Injustice begets a criminal. Kool (Silkk the Shocker) is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna Ferrell (Shirleen Crutchfield), poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's jailed for murder by the infamous Ramparts Division of the LAPD. Kool wants to prove her innocence, and Tully (Gary Busey), the cynical detective in charge, ignores LaShawna's case but uses Kool to break up an incipient crime operation. She's in danger because the guilty parties fear that the officer talked before he died. While in jail awaiting a hearing and legal help, she's beaten to death by a rogue cop named Mack (Brent Huff). Kool vows revenge: the Hot Boyz are born with his homies C-Dawg (Snoop Dogg), Remo (C-Murder), Tyrel (Mystikal), & Pee Wee (Anthony Johnson).—