"Renaissance Man" guest Ice Cube talks to Jalen Rose about "Boyz n the Hood" -- why he stopped driving with Eazy-E. Courtesy of Jalen; Getty Images We all know my “Renaissance Man” guest as ...

*(Via NY Post) – We all know my “Renaissance Man” guest as Ice Cube or O’Shea Jackson Sr. But initially before he went Hollywood in “Boyz n the Hood,” he wasn’t so certain the name ...

Even 20 years later, the first minute of Boyz n the Hood, the near-iconic movie about ... Ricky’s brother Doughboy (played by a brooding Ice Cube, with a 40-ounce bottle of beer as his ever ...

But there was one scene in which the on-screen reactions were authentic, not staged, according to Ice Cube. An iconic scene from Boyz n the Hood centers around a gang conflict on a Crenshaw block.

Boyz N the Hood marked the first film appearance for Ice Cube, and on the soundtrack, he delivered one of his most unapologetic odes to his home turf. "How To Survive..." as the title suggests ...

At the end of Boyz n the Hood, Doughboy (Ice Cube) sums this up with one of the most memorable lines: “Either they don’t know, don’t show, or don’t care about what’s going on in the hood.” ...

became and remains the youngest person to receive an Oscar nomination for best director thanks to the movie -- said he took no credit for Ice Cube's success, even though "Boyz n the Hood" was the ...

By Duane Byrge On July 12, 1991, Columbia brought John Singleton’s R-rated drama Boyz n the Hood to theaters, with Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr. featured. The Hollywood Reporter’s original ...

When a friend, Stanley Fritz, told this writer about Doughboy, a stage play he had co-written that reimagines the character played by Ice Cube in the 1991 iconic Boyz N the Hood film that was ...

Apart from Singleton’s stellar writing and directing, Boyz n the Hood benefits from a rock star cast, including Ice Cube in a role that Singleton crafted for him. Angel Bassett, Morris Chestnut ...