Bronx native Aethena Striplin dreams of being an entrepreneur like her beloved grandma, but allure of fast money and trappings of justice system lead her down a traumatic path.
LaCola Nickens learns how to become someone else to survive her traumatic childhood, and skill becomes profitable in her role as a dominatrix and in a series of illegal bank scams.
Dartanyon Williams's ring of identity thieves made him a millionaire by age 19, but after his empire was brought down by feds, his supportive family helped him get on a new path.
Coss Marte's desire for a better life and quick cash led to him becoming one of New York's most successful drug dealers, but his business's growth made it impossible to stay under the radar.
Steven Dominguez vows to escape generational poverty with a secure job as a Rikers Island prison guard, but greed gets the best of him when an inmate offers him a lucrative side hustle.
Philly-born rapper and athlete Darrell Alston abandons his family values, and dares for a dose of street cred by selling cocaine, making $50,000 a month; when he's sent to prison, he turns his home bread hustle into a success.
