With a name like Joy, you'd think her life would have been full of love and happiness. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case, she was born into dysfunction and was taught to live a life of trife. Being born to a teenage prostitute and a wanna-be pimp that turned drug addict, she's pretty much been through it all. This young girl has an unhealthy, tumultuous lifestyle that constantly gets her caught up in drama and madness. From beginning to end there's drama, betrayal, heartache, grief and pain but Joy Banks will always persevere. The death of her mother left her damaged, but she has seven younger siblings to look out for, she can't break. It doesn't matter how far she has to go, or what she has to do, she'll do whatever it takes to make sure her family is straight. From prostitution to murder, from prisoner to business owner, Joy may lose it all, but she will always bounce back and come out on top. Time and time again she tries to change but the streets keep calling her name. Molested, raped, stabbed, beaten and left for dead, Joy never lets herself become a victim, she becomes the villain instead.