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2 unusual facts about Boyz n the Hood


Baoding balls

Boyz n the Hood (1991) features a scene where Laurence Fishburne is seen using Baoding balls.

Blockbuster mentality

Two notable examples last year: John Singleton's $6-million Boyz n the Hood has made $57 million.


Crime in Los Angeles

South Central had become a byword for urban decay, its bad reputation spread by movies such as Colors, South Central, Menace II Society, Poetic Justice, Tales from the Hood, Friday, and in particular, South Central native John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood.

Lloyd Avery II

He is best known for his character in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991), as the triggerman who murders high school football star Ricky Baker (Morris Chestnut).

Why We Thugs

The song makes references to George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Russell Simmons, The Sugarhill Gang and Ice Cube's 1991 critically acclaimed hood movie debut.


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Boyz-n-the-Hood

Hispanic rap group Brownside did a remake to the song called "Vatos In The Barrio".

Besides Jim Jones' song there have been many remakes, most notably a cover by alternative rock band Dynamite Hack, which hit #12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 2000.

Hold It Now, Hit It

The line "Beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue" was sampled by Eazy-E in his song "Boyz-n-the-Hood".

Panic Zone

This track was also the B-side of a split single release with Eazy-E's Boyz-n-the-Hood, which was released in 1989, following the commercial success of Eazy-E's solo debut Eazy-Duz-It and the group's first album proper, Straight Outta Compton, on which a remix of "Dope Man" was included.