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76-854: Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire (1996). His other notable films include A Few Good Men (1992), Judgment Night (1993), Lightning Jack (1994), As Good as It Gets (1997), Men of Honor (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Snow Dogs (2002), Radio (2003), Norbit (2007), Linewatch (2008), Red Tails (2012), and The Butler (2013). He has done voice acting in Home on

152-428: A Rollin 60s Crips member, is released from prison. Attending his welcome home party are Chris, now paraplegic due to a gunshot wound, and new friends and fellow Crip members Dookie and Monster. Ricky, now a star running back at Crenshaw High School who hopes to earn a university scholarship, lives with his mother Brenda, girlfriend Shanice, and their toddler son. A visiting USC recruiter implores him to score at least

228-589: A born-again Christian at the age of 13. Gooding's first job as an entertainer was as a breakdancer, performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years before turning his focus toward acting. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1987), Amen (1988) and MacGyver (1988, 1989 and 1990) and also had

304-609: A stroke and was placed under intensive care. He reportedly began to experience weakness in his legs after returning to the United States from a trip to Costa Rica . On April 25, it was reported that he was in a coma, but his daughter stated otherwise. On April 28, Singleton was removed from life support and he died at the age of 51 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Dozens of actors and musicians paid tribute to him. American rapper and actor Ice Cube , who worked with Singleton in Boyz n

380-453: A 700 on the SAT to qualify for the scholarship. Meanwhile, Tre, now a mature and responsible teenager, hopes to attend college with his girlfriend Brandi. Later during a street gathering on Crenshaw Blvd, Ferris, a Crenshaw Mafia Bloods member, provokes Ricky. Everybody comes to Ricky's defense, before Doughboy confronts Ferris and brandishes his Colt Double Eagle , leading to an argument between

456-509: A 710, enough to qualify for the scholarship he sought. Angered, the remaining boys vow vengeance on the Bloods. Furious finds Tre preparing to take his gun but seemingly convinces him to abandon his plans for revenge; moments later, he and Brandi catch Tre sneaking out to join Doughboy, Dookie and Monster. Later, as the gang drives around the city, Tre comes to his senses, quits and returns home. After

532-523: A budding young drug dealer from South Central L.A. , and it depicts how the community is affected by the 1980s crack epidemic , and the CIA involvement in trafficking the drug. This was one of the last projects Singleton worked on before his death in 2019. Singleton cited filmmaker George Lucas and Lucas's original Star Wars film as one of his strongest influences, as well as the works of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and playwright August Wilson . Singleton

608-424: A civil and professional white police officer named Graham and a hostile and self-hating black police officer named Coffey arrive an hour later. The next day at Chris's suggestion, Tre and his friends go to witness a dead body, after which a group of older boys harasses them. Later on, en route back from a fishing trip, Tre and Furious notice Doughboy and Chris being arrested for theft. Seven years later, Doughboy, now

684-616: A daughter named Hadar Busia-Singleton (born April 3, 1997), who appeared in Tears of the Sun (2003) and other films. Singleton and Busia divorced in June 1997. He had one daughter in 2010 with Mitzi Andrews, an actress/model and teacher based in Toronto, Canada. He also had a son, Seven, with Rayvon Jones. In 1999, Singleton pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery charges after attacking an ex-girlfriend during

760-404: A dispute over child visitation. He was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to make a film on domestic violence . On August 23, 2007, Singleton was involved in an automobile accident in which he struck a jaywalking pedestrian, Constance Russell, 57, of Los Angeles. Staying on the scene until the police arrived, Singleton was not under the influence of alcohol or other substances, and

836-497: A postscript reveals that Ricky was buried the next day, Doughboy was murdered two weeks later, and Tre ultimately attended college with Brandi in Atlanta . Singleton wrote the film based on his own life and that of people he knew. When applying for film school, one of the questions on the application form was to describe "three ideas for films". One of the ideas Singleton composed was titled Summer of 84 , which later evolved into Boyz n

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912-493: A rapper. Also starring Anthony Anderson and Taraji P. Henson in supporting roles, the film received positive reviews and earned two Academy Awards nominations for Best Actor and Best Original Song , winning the latter. That same year, Singleton directed Four Brothers , a blaxploitation -inspired action film starring Mark Wahlberg , Tyrese Gibson , André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund as four adopted brothers who return to their hometown of Detroit, Michigan to avenge

988-509: A scuffle in the front yard. Filming began on October 1, 1990 in South Central Los Angeles, with several gang members serving as consultants, on "wardrobe, vocal emphasis and dialogue changes" to ensure authenticity. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 96% based on 71 reviews and an average score of 8.40/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Well-acted and thematically rich, Boyz n

1064-458: A separate, additional sexual abuse charge. As of August 2020, 30 women have accused Gooding of unwanted sexual touching. Gooding was formally charged for three incidents, each resulting in misdemeanor charges of forcible touching and third-degree sexual abuse. On August 19, 2020, a woman filed a lawsuit against Gooding accusing him of raping her in 2013 in New York City. The two parties came to

1140-409: A settlement agreement on June 6, 2023. As a result of the settlement, Gooding will not face trial. Despite the settlement, Gooding's lawyers insisted that he and the woman had consensual sex and that the woman bragged afterwards to others that she had sex with a celebrity. On April 12, 2022, Gooding pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018, telling the judge he "kissed

1216-580: A small part in the popular comedy Coming to America (1988). Gooding's first major role was in John Singleton 's inner-city crime drama Boyz n the Hood (1991), in which he played the lead, Tre Styles. The film was a box office surprise and critical hit, and is considered a modern classic. He followed this success with supporting roles in major films such as A Few Good Men and Gladiator (both 1992), Judgment Night (1993), Lightning Jack (1994), and Outbreak (1995). He played Billy Roberts in

1292-416: A story, he describes the final scene of Boyz n the Hood , passing it off as his own experience to Will Ferrell's character. In the series finale of the show Snowfall , which Singleton co-wrote, co-created, co-executive produced and directed, the main characters Leon and Franklin walk by someone filming a movie on the street that looks very much like a scene with the young boys from John Singleton's Boyz n

1368-619: A well-received supporting performance in Lee Daniels's The Butler and brief appearances in Don Jon and Machete Kills . He also made his Broadway theatre debut alongside Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams in a Tony Award -nominated production of The Trip to Bountiful . In 2014, he appeared as Civil Rights Movement attorney Fred Gray in the widely acclaimed historical drama Selma . He has since appeared much more frequently on television, including performances as Samuel Fraunces in

1444-564: A whole culture and politics that go with the music. It's young, black culture-that's what I deal with in my films." In 1997, following the mixed reception of Poetic Justice and Higher Learning , Singleton's fourth film, Rosewood , a historical drama based on racial violence during the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, received generally positive reviews and was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival , where it

1520-435: A young African-American woman named Justice (played by Janet Jackson , in her film debut) who writes poetry to deal with the loss of her boyfriend to gun violence but soon encounters a postal worker (played by Tupac Shakur ), who helps her overcome depression. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but earned Jackson Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song for "Again", which reached number one on

1596-447: Is man enough to go and say that. They want black people to be who they want them to be, as opposed to what they are. The black films now—so-called black films now—they're great. They're great films. But they're just products. They're not moving the bar forward creatively. ...When you try to make it homogenized, when you try to make it appeal to everybody, then you don't have anything that's special." On April 17, 2019, Singleton suffered

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1672-491: The 64th Academy Awards , making him the youngest person and first African American to be nominated for Best Director. Since then, the only black nominees in the category have been Lee Daniels , Steve McQueen , Barry Jenkins , Jordan Peele and Spike Lee . In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in

1748-511: The Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central with his father, Jason "Furious" Styles Jr., hoping Tre will learn life lessons from him. Although strict, Furious is also caring and attentive. In Crenshaw, Tre reunites with his childhood friends Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's half-brother Ricky, and their friend Chris. One night, Furious calls the LAPD after shooting at a burglar with his revolver , and

1824-548: The HBO film The Tuskegee Airmen (1995). In 1996, Gooding reached a new level of prominence when he was cast as an arrogant yet charismatic football player in Cameron Crowe 's dramatic sports comedy Jerry Maguire (1996) with co-star Tom Cruise , which was a major critical and commercial success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and earned Gooding an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor . His exuberant "Show me

1900-534: The Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival . It premiered in Los Angeles on July 2, 1991, and was theatrically released in the United States ten days later. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $ 57.5 million in North America and earning nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 64th Academy Awards . Singleton became the youngest person and

1976-440: The 1990s' most visible rappers, Singleton states, "I come from the same place as rappers. It's cool because it's just another form of communication. I have the same sensibilities as rappers. I'm not bourgeois and everything, thinking I'm better than folks. I see myself as the first filmmaker from the hip-hop generation. I've grown up with hip-hop music. The films I make have a hip-hop aesthetic. It may not have rap in it, but there's

2052-512: The 1996 crime comedy parody film , Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood . In the film Be Kind Rewind , the VHS of Boyz n the Hood was among the erased VHS tapes that were "sweded" by the main characters. In the 2015 comedy film Get Hard , Kevin Hart 's character Darnell is asked to talk about the reason for his fabricated incarceration years earlier. Fumbling for

2128-479: The Billboard Hot 100. The film has developed a cult following, especially for the chemistry between Jackson and Shakur and is now considered as one of Singleton's most enduring films. In 1995, Singleton wrote and directed Higher Learning , a socially conscious drama about the intense racial and social tension in a university campus. Like Poetic Justice , the film received mixed reviews. Of his work with some of

2204-752: The Billboard Hot R&;B Singles as well as the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It is certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, the song was a Top 10 hit in nine countries, peaking at No.1 in New Zealand, at No.2 in Spain and No.3 in the United Kingdom. In 1993, Singleton wrote and directed his second film, Poetic Justice , a romantic drama about

2280-454: The Bloods driving around and cut through back alleys to avoid them before splitting up; unfortunately, the Bloods approach Ricky, one of whom fatally shoots him in the leg and chest with a sawed off shotgun , killing him. A distraught Doughboy helps Tre carry Ricky's bloodied corpse home; afterwards, Brenda and Shanice, both devastated by Ricky's death, tearfully blame Doughboy for instigating the shooting. Later, Brenda discovers that Ricky scored

2356-508: The Hood as a homage to the creator. John Singleton John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 – April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing Boyz n the Hood (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director , becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest person to have ever been nominated for that award. Singleton went on to write and direct other films, such as

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2432-405: The Hood observes urban America with far more depth and compassion than many of the like-minded films its success inspired." At Metacritic , the film received an average score of 76 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Boyz n the Hood launched the acting careers of Gooding, Cube, Chestnut, Long and King, who were given their first major leading roles in

2508-484: The Hood . During writing, Singleton was influenced by the 1986 film Stand by Me , which inspired both an early scene where four young boys take a trip to see a dead body and the closing fade-out of main character Doughboy. Upon completion, Singleton was protective of his script, insisting that he be the one to direct the project, later explaining at a retrospective screening of the film "I wasn't going to have somebody from Idaho or Encino direct this movie." He sold

2584-527: The National Film Registry. Australian alternative rock band TISM released a live VHS called Boyz n the Hoods in 1992, whose cover artwork is presented as a parody of the film's original VHS box, albeit with a fake disclaimer printed on the cover stating that due to a manufacturing error, the non-existent film was replaced with TISM's concert. Characters and scenes from Boyz n the Hood are parodied in

2660-634: The Public Leadership in Neurology Award from the American Academy of Neurology for his work raising awareness about Multiple Sclerosis . On June 13, 2019, Gooding was booked on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree in New York City relating to an incident in which he allegedly groped a woman at a bar in Times Square . On October 10, he was indicted on

2736-580: The Range (2004) and The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007). For his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and co-starred in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). He played Dr. Ben Carson in

2812-562: The box office. Since then, in great contrast to earlier stages of his acting career, Gooding has appeared in many more critically ignored, direct-to-DVD films than theatrical or television releases. A well-received performance as Ben Carson in the TNT film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott 's American Gangster (2007), both proved to be exceptions to this trend. Gooding's next major film role

2888-423: The critically-panned action thriller film Abduction (2011), Singleton spent the final years of his career focusing on television. After directing episodes of the critically acclaimed TV shows Empire and American Crime Story , in 2017, he served as an executive producer and director of the crime drama series Rebel for BET, which focuses on Oakland police officer Rebecca "Rebel" Knight, who after her brother

2964-791: The fifth episode of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story . He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for the latter. One of the most successful and groundbreaking directors in African-American cinema , Singleton and his films represented the African-American urban experience, focusing on themes such as black masculinity, trauma, racism and identity. Singleton frequently cast rappers and musicians, such as Ice Cube , Tupac Shakur , Janet Jackson , Q-Tip , Busta Rhymes , Tyrese Gibson , Snoop Dogg , Ludacris and André 3000 in prominent roles. John Singleton

3040-571: The film Gifted Hands (2009). Gooding Jr. made his Broadway debut playing Ludie Watts in the 2013 revival of the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful . In 2018, he played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway. Gooding was born on January 2, 1968, in the Bronx , New York City . His mother, Shirley Sullivan, is a singer, and his father, Cuba Gooding Sr. ,

3116-541: The film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . In 1992, following the success of Boyz n the Hood , Singleton went on to direct VFX-driven " Remember the Time " music video for Michael Jackson , which featured Eddie Murphy , Iman , and Magic Johnson . The song and the music video were well-received and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on

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3192-527: The film was both a critical and commercial success. It debuted at the Cannes Film Festival . For his efforts, Singleton received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director . At age 24, he became the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African-American to be nominated for the award. In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed

3268-709: The film, as well as the first significant film role for Angela Bassett Along with Colors (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989), Boyz n the Hood is credited as a notable pioneer of the hood film genre , with its success leading to American hood films such as New Jack City (also 1991), Juice (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Friday (1995), Training Day (2001), 8 Mile (2002), Hustle & Flow , Get Rich or Die Tryin' (both 2005), Dope , Straight Outta Compton (both 2015) and The Hate U Give (2018). For his work, Singleton earned nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at

3344-595: The first African American to be nominated for Best Director. In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . In 1984, ten-year-old Jason "Tre" Styles III lives with his single mother, Reva Devereaux, in Inglewood, California . After Tre gets into a fight at school, his teacher informs Reva that although intelligent, he lacks maturity and respect. Concerned about Tre's future, Reva sends him to live in

3420-553: The first ones who showed up to auditions, while Fishburne was cast after Singleton met him on the set of Pee-wee's Playhouse , where Singleton worked as a production assistant and security guard. Long grew up in the area the film depicts and has said, "It was important as a young actor to me that this feels real because I knew what it was like go home from school and hear gunshots at night." Bassett referred to Singleton as her "little brother" on set. "I'd been in LA for about three years and I

3496-435: The gang coincidentally locates the Bloods at a local diner , Monster guns down the fleeing trio with an AK-47 he bought, murdering one of them by shooting him three times in the back, while Doughboy executes Ricky's killer, shooting him once in the spine, and Ferris twice in the head in a vengeful situation. Later that evening, when Tre arrives home, he and Furious silently stare at each other before entering their bedrooms for

3572-621: The gangs. Cooler heads prevail until Ferris fires an automatic MAC-10 into the air, forcing everybody to flee. Afterwards, Tre and Ricky are pulled over by an LAPD patrol car where Coffey threateningly holds his gun at Tre's throat. A distraught Tre ventures to Brandi's house, where he breaks down. After she comforts him, they have sexual intercourse for the first time. The next afternoon, Brenda asks Ricky to run an errand, and Ricky encounters and brawls with Doughboy, with Brenda taking Ricky's side, and berating Doughboy. As he and Tre depart, Ricky's SAT results are delivered. The duo notice Ferris and

3648-422: The highest-grossing film in the series at the time, as well as the highest-grossing film of Singleton's career. In 2005, Singleton teamed with writer-director Craig Brewer to finance and produce the independent film Hustle and Flow , once it was clear that most other major backers would not clear it for release. The film stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become

3724-513: The hood of Los Angeles. The film received predominantly positive reviews, many of whom considered it to be a return to form for Singleton and one of his best films. Singleton's next film was 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), the sequel to The Fast and the Furious (2001) and the second installment in the Fast and Furious series. The film was a box office success, grossing over $ 236 million worldwide, making it

3800-471: The miniseries The Book of Negroes , as a comedically embellished version of himself on Big Time in Hollywood, FL , and as O. J. Simpson in the anthology series American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson . Despite his performance receiving mixed reviews, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . Gooding's Emmy nomination for his work on

3876-419: The money!" line in the film became a nationwide catchphrase. His Oscar acceptance speech has often been cited for its enthusiasm. In 1997, Gooding followed his breakout with a notable supporting role in the acclaimed Academy Award-winning comedy As Good as It Gets (1997), but in the following years, his career was inconsistently successful. Some of his best-received performances include turns in films such as

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3952-521: The murder of their adoptive mother. The film received mixed reviews from critics but grossed $ 92 million worldwide. In 2003, Singleton received a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2011, Singleton was in talks with Ice Cube, who worked with Singleton on Boyz n the Hood and Higher Learning , to direct a biopic about Cube's rap group N.W.A. before F. Gary Gray was hired in August 2012. The film

4028-474: The mystical drama What Dreams May Come (1998) and the US Naval drama Men of Honor (2000), in which he played the lead role and co-starred with Robert De Niro . Gooding also received attention for his roles in the epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as Doris Miller , the ensemble farce Rat Race (2001), musical dramedy The Fighting Temptations (2003), and the football drama Radio (2003), in which he played

4104-445: The night. The next morning, Doughboy visits Tre, understanding Tre's reasons for abandoning the gang. Knowing he will face retaliation for killing Ferris and accepting the consequences of his crime-ridden life, Doughboy questions why most people "don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood" and laments Ricky's death. Tre embraces him as a surrogate brother. As Doughboy leaves and Tre goes back into his house,

4180-650: The partying and shit [...] I never grew up with a whole lot of white people. I grew up in a black neighborhood." He attended Eisenhower High School , Blair High School , Pasadena City College and the USC School of Cinematic Arts . Singleton was a spring 1987 initiate into the Beta Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and graduated from USC in 1990. Singleton considered pursuing computer science , but enrolled in USC's Filmic Writing program under Margaret Mehring. The program

4256-434: The release of Boyz n the Hood , Singleton wrote, produced, and directed Baby Boy , a coming-of-age comedy-drama about Jody Summers (played by Tyrese Gibson ), a 20-year-old man who fathers two children by two different women- Yvette (played by Taraji P. Henson ) and Peanut (played by Tamara LaSeon Bass ) but still lives with his own mother (played by Adrienne-Joi Johnson ) while he lives and learns in his everyday life in

4332-451: The romantic drama Poetic Justice (1993), the socially conscious college-based drama Higher Learning (1995), the historical drama Rosewood (1997), the crime film Shaft (2000), the coming-of-age drama Baby Boy (2001) and the action films 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2005). In television, he co-created the television crime drama Snowfall and directed episodes of shows such as Empire , Rebel and

4408-493: The same name (played by Janet Jackson) in Poetic Justice and the poet Maya Angelou respectively. Singleton has a son named Maasai Singleton (born April 3, 1996) and a daughter named Cleopatra "Cleo" Singleton (born September 6, 1998) with ex-girlfriend Vestria Barlow. On October 12, 1996, Singleton married Ghanaian actress Akosua Gyamama Busia , the daughter of Ghana's second Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia . The couple had

4484-457: The script to Columbia Pictures upon graduation in 1990. During writing, he drew inspiration from his own life and from the lives of people he knew and insisted he direct the project. Principal photography began in September 1990 and was filmed on location from October to November 1990. The film features breakout roles for Ice Cube, Gooding Jr., Chestnut, and Long. Boyz n the Hood was screened in

4560-477: The script to Columbia Pictures in 1990, who greenlit the film immediately out of interest in making a film similar to the comedy-drama film Do the Right Thing (1989). The role of Doughboy was written specially for Ice Cube, whom Singleton met while working as an intern at The Arsenio Hall Show . Singleton also noted the studio was unaware of Ice Cube's standing as a member of rap group N.W.A . Singleton claims Gooding and Chestnut were cast because they were

4636-840: The series was criticized by some reviewers. In 2018, Gooding headlined the 21st Anniversary revival of the musical Chicago in the West End as Billy Flynn at the Phoenix Theatre. His directorial debut, Bayou Caviar , was released on October 5, 2018. On March 3, 2018, Gooding appeared as star guest announcer on the 100th episode of ITV 's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . In 1994, Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, with whom he has three children: Spencer Gooding, Piper Gooding, and actor Mason Gooding . In 2014, Kapfer filed for legal separation from Gooding. Gooding filed for divorce in January 2017. In 2006, Gooding earned

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4712-416: The title role. Additionally, though not well received critically, the family comedy Snow Dogs (2002) was a commercial success. In 2002, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Gooding starred in an online video game called "The Quest For The Code" which focuses on juvenile asthma management. Other roles during this time include Theo Caulder in the psychological thriller Instinct (1999) and

4788-515: The voice of Buck the Horse in the Disney animated film Home on the Range (2004). However, during this stage of his career, he appeared in a series of films that were not critically or commercially successful, such as Chill Factor (1999), Boat Trip (2002), Norbit (2007) and Daddy Day Camp (2007), all of which had received extremely negative reviews and, except for Norbit , performed poorly at

4864-485: The waitress on her lips" without her consent. He also admitted to the two other alleged incidents of non-consensual contact, which took place in October 2018 and June 2019. The plea deal that Gooding reached with prosecutors called for no jail time, and it allowed him to withdraw his misdemeanor plea and plead to the lesser violation of harassment as long as he continued counseling for six months. On February 26, 2024, Gooding

4940-452: Was also influenced by his friend and fellow filmmaker Spike Lee . The two met in 1986, at a screening of Lee's film She's Gotta Have It , two weeks before Singleton started attending the University of Southern California (USC). Singleton was the father of seven children. With his wife, Tosha Lewis, he had his first son Justice Maya Singleton (born 1992), named after the lead character of

5016-408: Was born on January 6, 1968, in Los Angeles, the son of Shelia Ward-Johnson (later Morgan), a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and Danny Singleton, a real estate agent, mortgage broker, and financial planner. In a 1993 DIRT magazine interview with Veronica Chambers , Singleton says of his childhood, "When I was growing up, comic books, video games and movies were my buffer against all the drugs,

5092-419: Was designed to take students directly into the Hollywood system as proficient writer/directors. In 1991, Singleton made his film debut with Boyz n the Hood ., a coming-of-age crime drama about three childhood friends growing up in the crime-ridden neighbourhood of South Central LA. Starring Cuba Gooding Jr. , Ice Cube , Nia Long , Morris Chestnut , Angela Bassett , Regina King , and Laurence Fishburne ,

5168-469: Was in the 2012 World War II film Red Tails , produced by George Lucas . In 2012, Gooding starred in a TV pilot for Fox called Guilty that was directed by McG . Though it was well received in screenings, it was ultimately not picked up by the network. He appeared on Channel 4 's Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on August 5, 2011, closing the show dueting " Bad Romance " with Lulu . In 2013, Gooding had roles in several theatrical release films, including

5244-461: Was killed by police, began working as a private investigator. That same year, Snowfall , a crime drama series co-created and executively produced by Singleton for FX, premiered on July 5, 2017. Singleton co-wrote the screenplays for the first two episodes with series creators Eric Amadio and Dave Andron and directed the finales for the first two seasons. The series stars Damson Idris as Franklin Saint,

5320-462: Was mentioned in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against Sean Combs by music producer Rodney Jones. The lawsuit alleged that Gooding had "groped and fondled [Jones] non-consensually." On March 26, 2024, Jones amended the lawsuit to include Gooding as a co-defendant. Boyz n the Hood Singleton initially developed the film as a requirement for his application to film school in 1986 and sold

5396-473: Was nominated for the Golden Bear. In 2000, Singelton co-wrote, co-produced and directed Shaft , a sequel-remake of the original 1971 film of the same name starring Richard Roundtree in the title role . Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Shaft's relative, John Shaft Jr., the film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing over $ 107 million worldwide. In 2001, ten years after

5472-408: Was planning on making a competing film about Tupac. The film was eventually released in 2017 as All Eyez on Me , which was negatively received by critics and audiences and Singleton himself, who intended to make his own biopic about Shakur as well as a biopic about the rap group Three 6 Mafia , who worked with Singleton on Hustle & Flow , prior to his death in 2019. Following the release of

5548-555: Was released after being questioned. Russell died later in the hospital. The case was turned over to the District Attorney, but no charges were ever filed. On March 19, 2014, Singleton criticized popular studios for "refusing to let African-Americans direct black-themed films". Singleton told an audience of students at Loyola Marymount University "They ain't letting the black people tell the stories." He also added, "They want black people [to be] what they want them to be. And nobody

5624-447: Was released in 2015 to positive reviews and box office success. Two years later, in 2013, Singleton was attached as the writer-director of a biopic about the life, career and death of rapper Tupac Shakur . On April 3, 2015, Singleton reported that production was put on hold. Following creative differences with Morgan Creek Productions , Singleton had stepped down as director, and was replaced by Carl Franklin . Singleton also stated he

5700-925: Was the lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient . Gooding has three siblings: April, Omar , and Thomas. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados . His family moved to Los Angeles in 1972 after his father's music group had their hit single " Everybody Plays the Fool "; two years later, the elder Gooding left the family. Gooding himself was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School , Tustin High School , Apple Valley High School , and John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles . He served as class president in three of them. He became

5776-428: Was trying, trying, trying to do films," she said. "We talked, I auditioned and he gave me a shot. I've been waiting to work with him ever since." The film was shot in sequence, with Singleton later noting that as the film goes on, the camera work gets better as Singleton was finding his foothold as a director. He has a cameo in the film, appearing as a mailman handing over mail to Brenda as Doughboy and Ricky are having

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