![]() and Ice Cube and centered on three friends in South Central Los Angeles, where college aspirations competed with the pressures of gang life. Singleton was in his early 20s, just out of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, when he wrote, directed and produced “Boyz N the Hood.” Based on Singleton’s upbringing and shot in his old neighborhood, the low-budget production starred Cuba Gooding Jr. Earlier this month, the director suffered a major stroke. ![]() Singleton’s family said Monday that he died in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, after being taken off life support. NEW YORK (AP) - Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated “Boyz N the Hood” and continued over the following decades to probe the lives of black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, has died.
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