On the 25th anniversary of influential film ‘Boyz n the Hood,’ VIBE looks back at its impact.
Hip-Hop may have been born in the ’70s and built its foundation during the ’80s, but the culture as we know truly took over pop cultre in the ’90s.
It was the decade where the music, swagger, and style of the concrete jungle — and all that came with it — fully blossomed. Hip-hop entrenched itself in Hollywood, a continuance from the previous decade, where movies like Krush Groove and Beat Street captured the essence of culture, but few would combine the rap aesthetic and the issues plaguing the urban community quite like the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood.
Read the full story (source): 10 Harsh Realities from ‘Boyz N The Hood’ That Still Resonate 25 Years Later
