Ice Cube is Calvin Palmer, Jr., and he has inherited a barbershop in a mostly black, Chicago community. It is the cultural meeting place for the discussion of issues, ranging from the serious, i.e., Rodney King, to the mundane, i.e., the sex lives of the patrons. Calvin has a problem with too little money coming in to keep the shop open. He sells the place to a loan shark named Lester, who promises to keep it as is, when his real intention is to turn it into a strip club.
A flashback to JD and Billy stealing an ATM, but they are unable to open it. Calvin uses the 20,000 he got for the shop to bail out his cousin Ricky from jail after he has loaned the truck used in the robbery of the ATM. Ice Cube is very funny, as are his cast mates Cedric the Entertainer and the rapper Eve. Overall, the comedy works.
A flashback to JD and Billy stealing an ATM, but they are unable to open it. Calvin uses the 20,000 he got for the shop to bail out his cousin Ricky from jail after he has loaned the truck used in the robbery of the ATM. Ice Cube is very funny, as are his cast mates Cedric the Entertainer and the rapper Eve. Overall, the comedy works.