<P> Ten - year old Tre Styles lives with his single mother, Reva in Inglewood, California . After Tre gets into a fight at school, his teacher informs Reva that Tre is highly intelligent but has a volatile temper and lacks respect . Worried about Tre's future, Reva sends him to live in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles with his father, Jason "Furious" Styles, from whom she hopes Tre will learn valuable life lessons and to be able to mature, but assures him he will be permitted to return to her one day . </P> <P> In Crenshaw, Tre reunites with his friends, Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's maternal half - brother Ricky, and Chris, their mutual friend . After chatting for a bit, Furious immediately has Tre rake the leaves off the front lawn . That night, Furious tells Tre that he has him work to teach him how to be responsible . That night, Tre hears his father shooting at a burglar who tries to rob the house . Two policemen arrive an hour later, and while the white officer is civil and courteous, the black one is disrespectful towards Furious . The next day, Tre and his friends go out with Chris who shows them a dead body . While there, a group of older boys in a Watts Crip gang steal Ricky's football and Doughboy tries to retrieve it, but is defeated . While the older boys walk away, one of them gives Ricky his ball back . Later in the day, Furious spends father / son bonding time with Tre, taking him fishing by the seaside and tells the boy more about his life prior to having him, including his military experience in the Vietnam War, in hopes of making his son proud of him . He concludes his story by advising Tre to never join the army, stating that a black man has no place in the army . When returning home, they see Doughboy and Chris being arrested for shoplifting (Doughboy had said earlier on that they were going to the store, but had no money), while Ricky and Tre look on . </P> <P> At a barbecue, Doughboy is now a Crip gang member and is celebrating his recent release from jail, along with most of his friends, including Chris, who is now paralysed and uses a wheelchair as a result of a gun wound, and new friends Dooky and Monster, also Crip members . Ricky, now a star running back for Crenshaw High School, lives with his single mother Brenda, girlfriend Shanice, and their infant son . Tre has grown into a mature and responsible teenager, works at a clothes shop at the Fox Hills Mall, and aspires to attend college with his girlfriend, Brandi, but their relationship is somehow deteriorating over Tre's desire to have sex, while Brandi, a devout Catholic, wishes to wait until after marriage . </P> <P> Ricky hopes to win a scholarship from USC . After a visit from a recruiter, a mildly embarrassing experience for Ricky due to his unkempt home and his brother's rudeness, he is informed that he must score a 700 or higher on the SATs test in order to qualify . Ricky and Tre take the test on the same day . Afterwards, they go to see Furious at his office to unwind . Furious takes Tre and Ricky to Compton, California to talk about the dangers of decreasing property values in the black community . That night, during a local street racing gathering, Ricky is provoked by Ferris, a member of the Crenshaw Mafia Gangsters . In response, Doughboy brandishes his handgun, leading to a brief argument between the two gangs . When the two gangs are finished arguing, Ferris fires his own gun in the air causing everyone to leave . While Tre talks about leaving Los Angeles, he and Ricky are pulled over by the police . The cop is the exact same one who was disrespectful towards his father seven years earlier; he intimidates and threatens Tre with his gun, knowing he can't do anything . Distraught, Tre goes to Brandi's house, where he finally breaks down . After she consoles him, they have sex for the first time . </P>

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