When not solving murders in Tinseltown Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly) and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.