The two slowly begin a friendship, and DJ takes April out to dinner. After learning that April is a student history tutor, DJ signs himself up for tutoring so that he can spend time with her. DJ turns down both Zeke's offer as well as an offer from the Theta Nu Theta chapter's leader Sylvester (Brian White). Despite the animosity between DJ and Grant, the Gammas recognize DJ's skills as a dancer, and the Gamma chapter's president Zeke (Laz Alonso) invites DJ to pledge for Mu Gamma Xi. DJ takes to the dance floor, hoping to impress April and upstage Grant and the Gammas, all of whom are also in attendance. That night, Rich and his friends go out to a local club called the Phoenix and invite DJ along. A fight nearly breaks out between the freshman and the Gamma steppers, whose best stepper Grant (Darrin Henson) is April's boyfriend. The Mu Gamma Xi crew, seven-time national stepping champions, easily steals the show until DJ sees April across the way and runs right through the Gammas' step line in an attempt to speak to her. Rich takes DJ to a stepping competition on the green between the Truth chapters of rival fraternities Theta Nu Theta and Mu Gamma Xi. After registration, he moves into his dorm room, where he meets his new roommate Rich Brown (Ne-Yo). While waiting in the line to register for classes, DJ meets a fellow student named April Palmer (Meagan Good), whom he is immediately attracted to. Nate, the physical plant director at Truth, aims to teach DJ responsibility, and puts the boy to work doing maintenance as part of a work-study program. Lennix) in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is to attend historically black Truth University. Arrested for assault, DJ is subsequently sent by his mother to live with his aunt Jackie (Valerie Pettiford) and uncle Nate (Harry J. A fight breaks out, and the leader of the rival group shoots Duron and kills him. Primarily due to one final dynamic step from Duron, the Goon Squad win a cash-prize battle held one night at an underground krumping competition, and the losing home crew responds by ambushing DJ and his crewmates after the show. He and his younger brother Duron (Chris Brown) compete in local dance competitions as members of a crew known as the 'Goon Squad'. DJ Williams (Columbus Short) is a krump dancer in inner-city Los Angeles.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.

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