The lives of five childhood friends from the projects of Roxbury, Massachusetts, will forever change after they form a singing group to win local talent shows and ultimately become the legendary R&B group New Edition.
Though New Edition become R&B sensations, their fame comes at a steep price as internal tension and external pressure leads them to put business before friendship.
New Edition reaches unparalleled heights of success; they must choose to put their differences behind them or their unresolved wounds will lead to their undoing.
