"What was things like before Boyz N The Hood? It was Boyz N The Hood," says Ice Cube, who made the switch from rapper to actor after giving Singleton a ride home from a party one night. More importantly, it was Singleton's ticket out of the 'hood itself. A year later, Singleton would become the first African-American to receive an Oscar nod for Best Director, on top of being the youngest director ever nominated. With its combination of gut-wrenching character drama and scathing social commentary, it was the most profitable film of 1991. In 1991, at just 22-years-old, John Singleton made his directorial debut with Boyz N The Hood, a blistering coming-of-age story set against the turmoil of gang warfare in South Central Los Angeles.
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