Synopsis

After one of his idols, rap artist Eazy-E, discloses that he is dying from complications from AIDS, Kwame Woodson, a 24-year old Harlemite, starts reflecting on the choices he has made in his life, realizing he can no longer ignore the disease, and decides to get tested for the HIV virus – but doesn’t tell his main squeeze, Queen McMillian. Keeping this a secret from Queen isn’t easy – especially when he claims he is too tired to get buzy.

As he waits for the results, his life goes on: Working as a salesperson at a record store; deejaying at local clubs; composing raps with his homeboy, Miguel “M.C.” Colon; helping to raise his six-year-old daughter, Rae, with his high school sweetheart, Denise Young; and trying to reunite his father, Vinton Woodson, Sr. (“Pop”), and older brother, Vinton Woodson, Jr. (“Vint” or “V”), who have not spoken in five years since Vint revealed he is gay.

The story unfolds in 1995, starting on the day Eazy-E’s lawyer announces he is hospitalized (March 17) and ending a couple of days after Kwame receives his results (April 7).