Jazz Morgan's mother dies of lung cancer, and she becomes obsessed with becoming a famous singer. She ignores her father's wishes and spends the summer in the DC music scene, dragging her younger sister Leah along. Jazz joins a popular go-go band managed by a charismatic barber, Gabe, and supported by drug money from the lead MC, Flight. She quickly rises to fame, but struggles to maintain control under the pressure.
Jazz in the Diamond District
After her mother's passing from lung cancer, Jasmine "Jazz" Morgan becomes consumed by a singular ambition: to become a renowned singer, disregarding her father's, Dr. Blair Morgan, preference that she return to her studies.