Baby Boy (film)

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Baby Boy
Theatrical release poster
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
Release date	June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)
Running time	131 min.[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16 million[2][3]
Box office	$29,381,649[2]

Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood film written, produced, and directed by John Singleton.^[4][5] 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