Earn and his cousin Alfred, based in Atlanta, try to make their way in the world through the rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status, and parenthood.
 
Donald Glover says, "The show is as if David Lynch or the Coen brothers made a show about hip-hop culture."
 
Nuff said.
 
FUN FACT:  Paperboi's hit song "Paperboi" is performed in real life by Donald Glover's brother, Steve G. Lover.