Editing Boyz n the Hood (section)

===Cultural impact===
''Boyz n the Hood'' launched the acting careers of Gooding, Cube, Chestnut, Long and King, who were given their first major leading roles in the film, as well as the first significant film role for Angela Bassett<ref name="Guardian"/> Along with ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988) and ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989),  ''Boyz n the Hood'' is credited as a notable pioneer of the [[Hood film|hood film genre]], with its success leading to American hood films such as ''[[New Jack City]]'' (also 1991), ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]'' (1992), ''[[Menace II Society]]'' (1993), ''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]'' (1995), ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001), ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002), ''[[Hustle & Flow]]'', ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]'' (both 2005), ''[[Dope (2015 film)|Dope]]'', ''[[Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (both 2015) and ''[[The Hate U Give (film)|The Hate U Give]]'' (2018).

For his work, Singleton earned nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[64th Academy Awards]], making him the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees|youngest person]] and [[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Director|first African American]] to be nominated for Best Director. Since then, the only black nominees in the category have been  [[Lee Daniels]], [[Steve McQueen (director)|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 the National Film Registry.