Baby Boy (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | John Singleton |
| Written by | John Singleton |
| Starring |
Tyrese Gibson Omar Gooding Taraji P. Henson A.J. Johnson Snoop Dogg Ving Rhames |
| Music by | David Arnold |
| Cinematography | Charles Mills |
| Edited by | Bruce Cannon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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131 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $29,381,649 |
| Baby Boy: Music From the Motion Picture | ||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||
| Released | June 19, 2001 | |
| Recorded | 2000-2001 | |
| Genre |
Gangsta Rap R&B |
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| Label | Universal Records | |
| Producer |
Battlecat Mannie Fresh Mark Sparks James Poyser D'Angelo Chris Liggio |
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| Singles from Baby Boy: Music From the Motion Picture | ||
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Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood film written, produced, and directed by John Singleton. The film follows bicycle mechanic Joseph "Jody" Summers as he lives and learns in his everyday life in the hood of Los Angeles. It represented the film debut of actress Taraji P. Henson and R&B singer Tyrese Gibson. Gibson and Henson later starred in the film Four Brothers. The film, originally set to star Tupac Shakur, instead switched to Gibson after Shakur's 1996 death.
A 20-year-old man named Joseph "Jody" Summers (Tyrese Gibson) lives with his 36-year-old mother Juanita (Adrienne-Joi Johnson), in South Central Los Angeles. He spends most of his time with his unemployed best friend Sweetpea (Omar Gooding), and does not seem interested in becoming a responsible adult. However, he is forced to mature as a result of an ex-con named Melvin (Ving Rhames), who moves into their home. Another factor is his children—a son Joseph "JoJo" Summers Jr. with his girlfriend of five years, Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and a daughter named "Sweetness" with another girl that he cheated on Yvette named Peanut (Tamara LaSeon Bass) who also lives with her mother.
At the beginning of the movie, Jody visits Yvette at the clinic to find out that she is pregnant. Yvette constantly asks Jody if he will ever come live with her and their son so they could be like a family, but Jody avoids the subject and comes and goes as he pleases. Jody also continues seeing and having sex with other women, including Peanut. Jody also nearly has sex with 23-year-old Pandora (Tawny Dahl), Yvette's colleague and co-worker, but manages to rebuff her advances. This becomes an issue between him and Yvette as well, especially since Yvette and Peanut do not get along and Yvette is not getting along with Pandora. When she discovers his cheating, they get in a heated argument which results in Yvette punching Jody in the face and Jody slapping Yvette in the face. After this, Yvette changes the locks on the door. This infuriates Jody and they get into an argument, which JoJo witnesses.
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