I don't want to be too hard on the show because I like it, but another way of saying that is that you can see the stereotypes that they're setting up all the characters to become:
-Kangol bucket hat friend->Crackhead
-Girl next door->Crack whore
-Afro friend->Killed by gang violence
-Uncle->Guy who goes to jail and gets violated in some way and has an obligatory scene like "I used to be so much happier when I was just selling WEED"
-Mother->in denial about her sweet little boy
They're kind of telegraphing all this stuff.