In the series, former R&B star Steve Hightower gives up his wild times for school ties, becoming an inner-city Chicago music teacher - and eventually a vice principal - with a ragtag bunch of classroom charges. Headlining the Hi-Tops soul group - who opened for the likes of Gladys Knight and the Pips - Hightower's touring career never quite hit the high note he expected. Down on his luck, and totally out of money, he decides to let go of his carefree lifestyle and pin down a "real" job.