On this date in 1968 film director, screenwriter, and producer John Singleton was born in Los Angeles, California. Singleton has given us movies such as Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy. A lot of his films have taken place in the inner-city of California or have covered their problems. He has also branched out to "mainstream" films as well with the likes of 2 Fast 2 Furious and Four Brothers. Singleton also directed the video for Michael Jackson's 1991 single Remember The Time.

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