BABY BOY is the powerful drama directed by John Singleton (Shaft and Boyz N the Hood) starring rap music superstars TYRESE GIBSON and SNOOP DOGG (Half Baked, I Got the Hook Up).With knockout performances from VING RHAMES (Mission: Impossible II, Pulp Fiction, Con Air) and A.J. JOHNSON (Friday, House Party, The Players Club), BABY BOY is a tough, honest and unflinching look at modern urban life.
Jody (Gibson) is a 20-year-old African American is South Central L.A. who is trying to live large but doesn't have a job. He's got two babies by two different women and still lives at home with his mother (Johnson). Growing up is tough on Jody, but a series of events involving his mother's new boyfriend Melvin (Rhames), his girlfriend Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and her ex-con ex-boyfriend Rodney (Snoop Dogg) force him to learn some hard lessons about living, loving and surviving as a man in the hood.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Violence)
125 minutes
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| Cast | Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Omar Gooding, Tamara LaSeon Bass, Candy Ann Brown, Adrienne-Joi Johnson, Ving Rhames |
| Director | John Singleton |
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| SA Distributor | Ster-Kinekor |