John Singleton
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Oct 27, 2026
Sullivan SummerHOST
Author and film scholar Dr.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark D. Cunningham takes us back in the new book, Once Upon a Time in South Central LA, John Singleton's Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
I am so excited for this conversation.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark, welcome to the podcast.
Sullivan SummerHOST
You've got on the front of your t-shirt.
Sullivan SummerHOST
And so for listeners now who are like, Doughboy, say what? We have listeners that may not remember, as the kids like to say today, the 1900s.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Set the stage for us when we talk about John Singleton and the Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
What are we talking about?
Sullivan SummerHOST
Author and film scholar Dr.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark D. Cunningham takes us back in the new book, Once Upon a Time in South Central LA, John Singleton's Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
I am so excited for this conversation.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark, welcome to the podcast.
Sullivan SummerHOST
You've got on the front of your t-shirt.
Sullivan SummerHOST
And so for listeners now who are like, Doughboy, say what? We have listeners that may not remember, as the kids like to say today, the 1900s.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Set the stage for us when we talk about John Singleton and the Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
What are we talking about?
Sullivan SummerHOST
Author and film scholar Dr.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark D. Cunningham takes us back in the new book, Once Upon a Time in South Central LA, John Singleton's Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
I am so excited for this conversation.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark, welcome to the podcast.
Sullivan SummerHOST
You've got on the front of your t-shirt.
Sullivan SummerHOST
And so for listeners now who are like, Doughboy, say what? We have listeners that may not remember, as the kids like to say today, the 1900s.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Set the stage for us when we talk about John Singleton and the Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
What are we talking about?
Sullivan SummerHOST
Author and film scholar Dr.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark D. Cunningham takes us back in the new book, Once Upon a Time in South Central LA, John Singleton's Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
I am so excited for this conversation.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Mark, welcome to the podcast.
Sullivan SummerHOST
You've got on the front of your t-shirt.
Sullivan SummerHOST
And so for listeners now who are like, Doughboy, say what? We have listeners that may not remember, as the kids like to say today, the 1900s.
Sullivan SummerHOST
Set the stage for us when we talk about John Singleton and the Hood Trilogy.
Sullivan SummerHOST
What are we talking about?
Bobby BonesADVERTISER
Yes, yes, yes.
Matt LewisHOST
And it would be like he would be making fun of the John Singleton message every time the mailman would come in.
Matt LewisHOST
But then they would just do stupid things like, oh, you're going to shoot me? You're going to pull the gun on me? Here's a
Carissa GomezGUEST
nuclear warhead.
Gene SiskelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
1991 has not been a great year for American movies.
Gene SiskelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It could rank in the top five, along with John Singleton's Boys in the Hood.
RachelHOST
Beauty and the Beast would indeed be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award that year, though it would lose to The Silence of the Lambs.
RachelHOST
Millennial girls were 10 years old and younger in 1991, and many of us really connected with the character of Belle.
Allan LengelHOST
Poets.
Kenneth ReedGUEST
And you come in there, John Singleton, the filmmaker, who's giving a few, I guess he himself, he had him scattered there.
Kenneth ReedGUEST
And he was leading the discussion.
Kenneth ReedGUEST
And he had his
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
But Larry, it was definitely a line.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
So now when I'm working or something and I'm talking to somebody, rest in peace, John.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
John, he was always talking about John Singleton, about comic books.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
And so I was never privy to being in those conversations about comic books, because I wasn't into comic books.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
My comic books was Larry Graham, Graham's Sister Station, Parliament, Funkadelic.
27 MINS LATER
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
Three of them.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
Phillip, Philip Bailey.
Raphael SaadiqGUEST
Philip Bailey, Maurice Way, and Ralph Johnson.
N.O.R.E.HOST
wherever you can watch this shit, you can watch this.
N.O.R.E.HOST
And I'm telling you, you know, I want to say rest in peace to John Singleton.
N.O.R.E.HOST
Yes, sir.
N.O.R.E.HOST
Let's make some noise for that.
N.O.R.E.HOST
So here's what's crazy.
N.O.R.E.HOST
Here's what I want to tell you about the show, right? Boom.
N.O.R.E.HOST
John Singleton made Boys in the Hood, correct? Yes.
N.O.R.E.HOST
I didn't know John Singleton.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I didn't audition.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
John Singleton called me, put me on the show.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
John Singleton said, yo, I know you can act.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I want you to play Cookie, Crazy Cousin.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I said, I got that.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I said, John, we might not want to shoot around here.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was like, why? I said, because they be shooting around here.
DeRay DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And he said, nah, I'm John Singleton.
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