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Music-mad school-mates Yemi and Jay get their GCSE results but,whilst budding record producer Yemi - who lives with his religious mother as his father still works in Lagos - gets straight As,immature,skirt-chasing Jay does badly. Anxious to avoid joining his father Clint mending boilers he decides to enter local music contest Micstar. Yemi does not feel ready to take part until,on a college scholarship,he meets the sweet-voiced Davina,who is also going in for Micstar. This determines Yemi to enter as well. Written by
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Yemi and Jay arrive at Boxes club for the Micstar contest and almost fail to get in as they are under-age. Once inside Jay's womanizing causes trouble as Louise,who believes she is his girl-friend,sees him with another. Yemi meets Davina but is annoyed to see Jay dance with her as he goes to buy drinks. However the boys are cheered by the mediocre quality of the other acts,who get booed off stage. As a result Davina is too nervous to perform but Yemi and Jay are a huge success - until Jay gets attacked by Louise's brother and loses his phone in the subsequent fight. Written by
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Following the scuffle at Boxes the evening is declared a disaster and Jay still has to retrieve his phone from one of the aggrieved girlfriends,Jodie.Yemi invites Davina to his room to make recordings and she is impressed by his technical skill. Jay bursts in and offends her by saying that he and Yemi have no need of a female singer but later apologizes on hearing how good she is. Jay's protector Ashley - who has just learned that he is to be a father - gets the phone back for him - only for Jay to find that Jodie has sent half-naked poses of him to all her friends and that they are a popular upload. Written by
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Jay reluctantly starts work with Clint and is delighted to find Kalisha,a famous singer,his first client. He goes to a party with Yemi,where their demo disc attracts the attention of local musician Boss Fury and his collective,the Avengers Crew,who invite them and Davina to to their studio to record their song,'Enigma'. However Jay goes behind their backs and gives the disc to Kalisha,who has promised she will forward it to her manager to help Jay. Instead she steals the song and passes it off as her own,putting Jay in everybody's bad books. Written by
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Jay decides to atone for his stupidity by pitching to Yemi and Davina the idea for a music video to accompany their song 'A to B'. Yemi,still waiting for an apology,is not keen and forges ahead with his college project,setting 'Swan Lake' to a rock beat,so Jay asks the puerile Yungah babies to film it instead. When they prove incompetent he tries to make his own,threadbare version but is interrupted by muggers and has to abandon the notion,finally apologizing to Yemi. Fortunately Ashley's partner Louise proves to be an excellent film-maker and comes up with a top notch promo for the song. Written by
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With a disappointingly low number of YouTube hits for their video of the Youngers' song Davina suggests they take to the streets selling CDs to publicize it but the result is again poor. Fortunately Ashley meets Benny,an old contact, who arranges for the group to do a local radio interview and this is a success. However the deal is that Ashley,strapped for cash,acts as a drugs runner. After the broadcast Jay walks Davina home and they end up kissing. Written by
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A drunken Jay declares his feelings to an unimpressed Davina,who tells him that their relationship should be strictly professional. When Yemi confides in Jay that he also feels affection for their singer he gets the same reply. However after her school play Davina comes to see Jay,saying that she can't stop thinking about him,and ending up in his bedroom. Yemi has been given an offer as a solo artist but turned it down without consulting the others but now,as he suspects there is something going on between Davina and Jay,he accepts it. Written by
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After his night with Davina Jay calls on Yemi,who is busy making his recordings for the Avengers Krew. Jay then visits Davina and tells her he loves her but she is adamant they keep quiet about what happened for the good of Youngers. Ashley gets the group a gig at the Avengers Krew concert but,when the tactless Yungah Babies let slip what happened between Davina and Jay Yemi is all for cancelling and Ashley has to reconcile them. The gig is a huge success but afterwards the animosity starts up again and Youngers' days seem to be over. However they are getting a massive amount of air-play,which may save the situation. Written by
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Yemi and Jay approach Ashley, asking him to manage them as a duo but he is not interested. The boys run into Davina, who is working at a sports centre to finance studio time and is still being pursued by MC Marl-on, who gets arrested for stealing to attract her attention. Then Ashley hears that the record company impressed by the Youngers' performance at the concert wants to sign them up - but only as a trio. After some deliberation Davina agrees to get back with the boys and quits her job.
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Ashley promises the record company that he can provide them with new Youngers tracks within twenty-four hours, which puts the group under extreme pressure and they readily argue, Jay suggesting that Davina sings backing, rather than lead, vocals. Nor does it help that they are using Yemi's bedroom for their recordings so Ashley, against the advice of pregnant girlfriend Louise, books a warehouse from an old friend and former criminal Benny. The change of location however is inspiring and the Youngers come up with some of their best lines to date. As a result Benny suggests to Ashley they use the warehouse on a permanent basis.
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Ashley gets the Youngers an exclusive private gig at the home of caustic record producer Vince, with a view to a recording contract though rival band the Bad Breeds are also on the bill. After a poor start to their act due to Jay Yemi pulls things together and the Youngers gig goes well. Unfortunately MC Marl-on, with the Bad Breeds and still pursuing Davina to Jay's annoyance, sabotages the act by starting a food fight and both groups are thrown out. The Youngers end up at the local hospital with Ashley, where Louise has just given birth to her baby.
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Yemi is dismayed when he learns that his mother has volunteered him to escort the pastor's daughter Abena to a church social. Abena however is a right little raver who has no interest in such innocent pastimes and leads Yemi to a night club, after which she invites herself back to his flat for him to lose his cherry. Elated he also manages to make some money by laying down a beat track for Bangs. Davina goes on a date with Marl-on and they end up kissing but are seen by Jay, who takes out photographer Marissa, in the hopes that she can further the band's career.
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Jay encourages his father Clint to ask for a date with customer Melanie but feels left out and depressed seeing Yemi with Abena and, particularly, Davina with Marl-on. Benny encourages Ashley to use his studio facilities but the song Ashley wants the Youngers and the Bad Breeds to record together is terrible. However Bangs' track, with its backing laid down by Yemi, has become very popular and Ashley persuades Benny to put up the money to promote Bangs and Yemi, dumping the Youngers.
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Jay is feeling depressed. Ashley has abandoned the Youngers to concentrate on marketing Bangs' track whilst Davina is spending all her time with Marl-on and Yemi is sitting through church in order to enjoy the fringe benefits offered by Abena. He samples brief afternoon delight with Jodie but neither are that enthusiastic as she sees her priority as being Bangs' publicity agent. Eventually he breaks into the warehouse and summons Davina, who is finding Marl-on possessive, and Yemi to lay down a new Youngers track, 'Hotter Than The Sun', though they decide to keep it secret until they can find an outlet for it.
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The Bad Breeds, the Youngers and Bangs all get ready to play at the launch party for Benny's permanent studio. Yemi lies to his mother that he is going bowling with friends from church and she is angry when she learns the truth but relents after Abena persuades her to stay and see how much the music means to her boy. Jay almost fails to make it for the Youngers set as Davina dumps Marl-on for being too possessive and an irate Marl-on lures Jay onto the roof and locks him out. However the Youngers' rendition of 'Hotter than the Sun' is a success and Benny announces that he wants to sign them up for his new label along with the Bad Breeds and Bangs. Boss Fury is not pleased but the Youngers agree to deal with any fall-out.
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