Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd wrote a hip-hop record nobody in the industry would hear — because of how they said the words. Ridiculed for their Scottish accents, the two Dundee rappers make the decision that should have ended their careers: they reinvent themselves as American hip-hop artists from California, and audition as them. The accents hold. The lie holds. Based on a 'true lie', CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' is the story of two men who got everything they wanted from the music industry — on the condition that they never again be themselves.