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  1. Box office. $57.5 million [ 2] Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. [ 3] It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, and Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fisburne), with Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, Regina King, and Angela ...

  2. In the "Boyz-n-the-Hood" lyrics, Eazy-E is the protagonist and tells a story of an ordinary day “in the hood.”. The song details E seeing a friend KeyLow-G after KeyLow-G has stolen a car. KeyLow-G brags to E about committing grand theft auto. E then relates a story of a prior friend, JD who became addicted to crack and attempted to steal E ...

    • THE STORY IS LARGELY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. When writing the script, John Singleton (then 21 years old) pulled from his own life growing up in Los Angeles.
    • SINGLETON WAS OFFERED $100,000 TO WALK AWAY. While pitching the script to different companies, Singleton refused to give out copies unless someone was willing to make a deal where he would get to direct the film, even though he had no prior feature film directing experience.
    • IT WAS TECHNICALLY A BIGGER HIT THAN TERMINATOR 2. In the fight for box office dollars, there was no competition between Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Boyz N the Hood in 1991.
    • THE FILM OWES A LOT TO SPIKE LEE. Singleton was inspired and motivated by Spike Lee, though not in an entirely positive way. He says that hiring Black people to work in front of and behind the camera was one thing he took from the director, but his motivation to make films like Boyz N the Hood came after Lee—who he looked up to—didn't hire him as a production assistant on Do the Right Thing.
  3. Sep 7, 2022 · The first Eazy-E version lists just Ice Cube as the writer. The N.W.A version has Eazy, Dre and Cube credited. However, the 1988 Eazy-E version is listed as written by Cube and Eazy. Ice Cube, six years younger than Eazy-E, was far less wary about the music business and upon his split from N.W.A claimed that he was cheated out of royalties by ...

  4. This song was the inspiration for the 1991 movie Boyz n the Hood, which starred N.W.A member Ice Cube as Doughboy, a street-smart teenager who had already spent time in prison. It was Ice Cube's first acting role, and a very successful one. The film earned over $50 million on a $6 million budget, leading to more roles for Ice Cube and a spate ...

  5. May 1, 2019 · Initially he envisioned the members of N.W.A starring in Boyz n the Hood with Dr. Dre as Monster, Eazy-E as the wheelchair-using Chris, MC Ren as Dooky, and Ice Cube as Doughboy. But Cube, the one ...

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  7. Jul 12, 1991 · Boyz n the Hood: Directed by John Singleton. With Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II, Angela Bassett, Miya McGhee. Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

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