O’Shea Jackson Sr., better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor, and filmmaker born on June 15, 1969. His political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were critically and commercially successful, and his rhymes on N.W.A’s 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity.
In his feature directorial debut, John Singleton wrote and directed Boyz N the Hood, a 1991 American coming-of-age hood drama movie. Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King, and Angela Bassett are among the cast members.
Boyz n the Hood features Tre Styles (Gooding Jr.), who is sent to live in South Central Los Angeles with his father Furious Styles (Fishburne), surrounded by the neighborhood’s thriving gang culture. The title of the film is a double entendre, a play on the phrase boyhood as well as a reference to Ice Cube’s 1987 N.W.A rap song of the same name.
Boyz N the Hood had its world debut on July 2, 1991, in Los Angeles, and was distributed theatrically in the United States ten days later. The movie was a critical and economic triumph, with audiences praising its emotional impact, acting, and writing.
This film grossed $57.5 million in North America and was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay and Best Director at the 64th Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person and the first African-American to be nominated for the Best Director.
At the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, the movie was exhibited in the Uncertain Regard section. The National Film Registry was established in 2002 after the United States Library of Congress designated it as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
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