The song "Ride", personally chosen by director John Singleton and Music Supervisor Paul Stewart, was performed and produced by Big Reese.
In 1979 he was appointed as John Singleton's replacement as host of Channel 10's Saturday Night Live programme.
On October 12, 1996, John married Ghanaian actress Akosua Gyamama Busia, an actress and the daughter of Ghana's second Prime Minister Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia.
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).
The following year, the events were the basis of the film Rosewood, directed by John Singleton.
Most recently he joined John Singleton's 2GB-plus, the digital radio service from the Australian radio station 2GB, as a presenter.
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This company is owned by John Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network and is therefore is a sister station to 2GB and 2CH.
In December 2006, advertising guru John Singleton brought Paris Hilton to Sydney to help select the face of his new Bondi Blonde beer.
Paramount Pictures is negotiating a deal with John Singleton to make another Shaft movie to star Richard Roundtree (as Samuel L. Jackson has stated he no longer has interest making another Shaft film).
It was bought by three business men, including the notable Australian retail entrepreneur and horse breeder Gerry Harvey and notable Australian advertising entrepreneur John Singleton.
At the 2013 Sydney Cup day on 27 April at Randwick Racecourse, John Singleton fired Gai Waterhouse (Tom's mother) as trainer of his horses amid allegations that Tom Waterhouse gave acquaintances inside information that Singleton's horse More Joyous was unfit to win the All Ages Stakes.
He is a long term friend of 2GB radio station owner John Singleton.
Two notable examples last year: John Singleton's $6-million Boyz n the Hood has made $57 million.
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.
During this time, O'Solomon's poetry was also featured in the John Singleton film Higher Learning.