Ice Cube may cut hair in the movies, but if you schedule a photo shoot with him, his people will request it be BYOB -- Bring Your Own Barber. You'll need to bring a makeup artist, too. After all ...

That’s the statistic that set the tone for audiences as they entered theaters 25 years ago today to see Boyz N the Hood, a film that took its title and one of its leads (Ice Cube) from the rap ...

Not only did "Boyz n the Hood" launch Singleton's career, it also launched many others who starred in the film. Singleton, who was only 22 at the time, specifically cast Ice Cube in his first role.

Ice Cube tells Jalen Rose for his "Renaissance Man" podcast how director John Singleton picked him to be Doughboy in "Boyz n the Hood" and how Eazy-E once took him for a ride and ditched him in LA.

*(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 ...

If Ice Cube swapped out his trademark sports jerseys and baseball caps for multicolored sweaters and fedoras, he’d be the second coming of Cliff Huxtable. By Miki Turner IE 11 is not supported.

Few directors have made such an impact with their debut as John Singleton, whose 1991 drama Boyz N The Hood put both him and South Central on the map. A blistering depiction of growing up in inner ...

Ice Cube announced he's created "Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self'' T-shirts utilizing his lyrics and will donate the net proceeds to underfinanced hospitals and nurses in inner cities.

John Singleton cast Ice Cube in 'Boyz n the Hood' with no acting experience. But he was convinced the rapper was right for the role. by Robert Yaniz Jr. But 1991’s Boyz n the Hood was something ...

Cube also reveals the storytelling raps that inspired his own rhymes for “Boyz N The Hood.” “It was in the nature of [Ice T’s] ‘6 in the Mornin’,’ [Schoolly D’s] ‘P.S.K.

Ice Cube, left and "Boyz n the Hood" director John Singleton ... (now South Los Angeles), a world — to that point — I only knew through the lyrics from NWA and Ice Cube albums.