In 1986, John Singleton crafted the idea for the coming-of-age drama Boyz n the Hood as part of his application for film school. Four years later upon graduation, he sold the script to Columbia ...

Ice Cube revealed that producers weren’t exactly jumping on his Boyz N The Hood script when he pitched it around. The 55-year-old rapper sat down with Complex to discuss his experience trying to get ...

In St. Petersburg, where Angela Bassett was raised, her absentee mother character in Boyz N the Hood would hardly qualify as a role model. But in drug-and-gang wracked south-central Los Angeles, where ...

John Singleton cast Ice Cube in 'Boyz n the Hood' with no acting experience. But he was convinced the rapper was right for the role. by Robert Yaniz Jr. But 1991’s Boyz n the Hood was something ...