“Boyz n the Hood” wasn’t the first John Singleton film I saw in theaters — that distinction goes to his 1993 romance “Poetic Justice” — but it’s the one that’s stayed with me the ...

Before her quick scenes in Boyz n the Hood as Tre’s mom, Bassett was using her acting chops in TV series and TV movies. (She was in a few episodes of The Cosby Show and in an episode of 227.) ...

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 ...

Our Flick of the Week is ”Boyz N the Hood,” a major film debut by 23-year-old director John Singleton portraying the oppressively sad lives of three young men growing up in south central Los ...

"Boyz N the Hood" was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Director and the other for Best Original Screenplay, in 1992. It won a New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1991 for Best New ...

"Boyz N the Hood" actor Jessie Lawrence Ferguson has died aged 77. The star, who played a crooked police officer in the 1991 blockbuster, is understood to have passed away at home in California on ...

John Singleton was just 23 years old when he wrote and directed “Boyz n the Hood,” becoming the first African American – and the youngest person ever – to receive an Oscar nomination for ...

With the debut of his “Boyz N the Hood” on July 12, 1991, writer-director John Singleton helped usher in a new phase of cinema depicting African American life. Twenty-seven years later, the ...

'Boyz N The Hood': 20 Years Later, Still Few Options : Tell Me More Author Jimi Izrael reflects on the film "Boys N The Hood" two decades after it was released. Tell Me More.

When “Boyz n the Hood” was released in 1991 with Fishburne as Furious Styles, the coming-of-age drama earned nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director at the 64th Acade… ...

When John Singleton’s first film, “Boyz N the Hood,” was released on July 12, 1991, it immediately made him a household name in many Black communities across the country.The movie was so ...

After Boyz n the Hood, Cuba Gooding Jr. went on to appear in A Few Good Men, The Tuskegee Airmen, Outbreak, and a career-defining role in Jerry Maguire for which he won the Academy Award for Best ...