Boyz N the Hood is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood. Friendship, pain, danger and love combine to form the reality of street life. “The hood” is a place where harmony coexists with adversity, especially for three young men growing up there: Doughboy (Ice Cube); his brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut); and Ricky’s best friend Tre (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), who aspires to a brighter future beyond the hood.