Dwayne Townsend, a local rapper/producer struggles to find his way through a neighborhood infested with drugs and temptation, but after his friend is fatally shot and he changes his life, he?s forced back into his old life and has to decide, take a life or save one.

All, thank you very much for the replies they were all great. The last one with the adjusted version also help me clear a plot hole. That's great and this is great community I hope that I can help someone as well down the line.

najapa,

Less is more has to do with saying the same thing but with fewer words. A logline does need certain details, but if you can say those details in 20 words instead of 40 it's better.
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For instance. Some people will say "Young boy" in describing a character. However boys are young by nature so all you need to say is "Boy" thus getting the point across in one word instead of two.

Sam searches for clues
Sam investigates.

James falls in love with Anne
James falls for Anne
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Sometimes you can do this by dropping details that are unimportant, such as.

While taking a walk in the woods, a homeless vet finds a backpack full of money.
A homeless vet finds a backpack full of money.

You see, what is important is that he found the backpack not what he was doing leading up to finding the backpack.
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The good thing is, as you practice tightening loglines you find it improves your script writing as well.

Anyway hope that helps.

I'm being told less is not more so disregard my prev comment lol #writeon

This logline attempt gives us more information. Much better.

You should start with the inciting incident. (His friend getting shot)

How about this:
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"After his best friend is shot, a local rapper's pulled back into his old lifestyle as he searches for who murdered his friend."
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Hope that helped, good luck with this!

I commend you on writing for starters. I like the logline but I'm trying to figure out how you can say more by saying less that's what I've learned. Maybe you should read through it another 100 times as I'm sure you already have and try to condense it but still get your point across. Less is more. If you're getting requests to read your screenplay off your current logline and query letter by all means keep it the same but I condensed mine and it made a world of difference for me.