Boyz N the Hood & the Tough Guise

     Boyz N the Hood directed by John Singleton in 1991, staring Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, and Hudhail Al-Amir is a film depicting the difficult lives of the young, African American men living in Los Angeles, California. As a boy, Tre, played by Cuba Gooding Jr, is sent to live with his father so he can learn what it means to be a man. Tre's friends and neighbors Doughboy, played by Ice Cube, and Ricky, played by Morris Chestnut, are brothers with different fathers.