gusto believes that the trio set him up, swearing revenge when he is released from prison. while gusto is locked up, albert steals his criminal background and identity to become "mc gusto", renaming euripides and otis as "dead mike" and "stab master arson" respectively. together they form the hardcore gangsta rap group cb4 (cell block 4) and successfully sign with trustus jones, a local music mogul. cb4 becomes the hottest band on the charts with controversial hits like "sweat of my balls" and "straight outta locash", and their rise to fame is documented by an aspiring director and his cameraman. however, an ambitious politician seeks to shut them down for obscenity charges, and tensions between the group arise over one member's gold-digging groupie girlfriend sissy and the strain of the charade takes its toll on albert's family life and relationship with his wholesome girlfriend daliha. to compound this, the real gusto escapes from prison and sets out to get revenge by making albert take part in a record store robbery, exposing his face to the cctv cameras and then taking the tape as a tool for blackmail. the group breaks up and reunites after trustus jones's death at the hands of gusto. eventually, the group set up their own sting operation with sissy to capture gusto and he is sent to prison for life. albert gives up the pretense of being a gangsta, emceeing under his real name, and the group embarks on a reunion tour.