They live in France in a banlieue, a ghetto especially designed for paupers and traditionally inhabited by immigrants from former French colonies.

On this occasion each single member is introduced through his birth name and alias to the spectators of the film too: Zicmu (Ousmane Dadjacan), Tango (Jean-Michel Lucas), Rocket (Abdou N'Goto), the Spider (Bruno Duris), the Weasel (Malik N'Diaye), Baseball (Oliver Chen), and Sitting Bull (Ousmane Bana).

When he refuses to phone either of them, they steal the list of names and decide to walk in the footsteps of Robin Hood.

The police realize that the board of directors is being targeted and attempt to catch the Yamakasi in their next robberies, but are unsuccessful.

With no chance of escaping, they instead gather all of the loot from the robberies into a bag and toss to Baseball's friend and working partner, Michelin who pawns it off for the needed amount of money.

However, Asmine, who is actually one of the Yamakasi members' (Sitting Bull) cousin, backs up their story, leaving the investigator with no choice but to let them go.