In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a

Elle, a career-driven investment banker, has given up on love until she meets Wesley, who invites her to his hometown in South Carolina, where she falls in love and finds the spirit of Christmas again.