Boyz N the Hood 25th Anniversary: Ricky's Death Scene

Writer/Director John Singleton, actors Cuba Gooding, Jr., Angela Bassett, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, former Columbia Pictures executive Stephanie Allain, producer Steve Nicolaides, editor Bruce Cannon, and composer Stanley Clarke at the Academy Event “Boyz N the Hood 25th Anniversary Celebration and Conversation” on June 10, 2016 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

[@wayne47able]

Morris Chestnut works out at my gym in Atlanta. He’s an extremely humble and nice man. I wish him nothing but the best

[@MrKing8050]

The most saddest scene in the movie, became even more sad when it was revealed Ricky passed his college scholarship exam

[@valeriehowell-mcnulty4926]

MrKing8050 I knowwww, that GOT me TOO!! 🤚🤚😔😔 RICKKKKY!! 😢😢⚘⚘⛪⛪

[@kenderick100]

MrKing8050 that really was sad he made it to where he was going to go to college and never got that chance.

[@ryanharrington6389]

Don't bring that up. Stop. Have me tearing up

[@khalida1738]

And he won money with that scratch card

[@JAYPHOCUS]

With a 710

[@kelvendyson1508]

Ricky's death was the saddest on screen death since Cochise from Cooley High!!

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

yes its up there

[@trennahs4322]

Right!!!!!

[@kid100music3]

Saddest scenes in black cinema...

[@IRON5]

It was sad because you or someone you know. Knew a Ricky type of guy that was a good dude. That got caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time....

[@broderickmoore7322]

Kelven Dyson mufasa is number 1 of all time lol

[@_notparu]

Rest In Peace; John Singleton ( Director ) , Lloyd Avery II ( Man who killed Ricky ) and Dedrick ( Dooky )

[@jameshunter709]

Don't Forget Lexie Bigham The One Who Gunned The Killers Down With The A-K 47.....He Died In A Car Crash. True Story !!

[@samuelbrauner]

@@jameshunter709 he wasn’t the man who gunned them down with the AK-47 that was Monster (Baldwin C. Sykes), Lexie Bigham was the gangster who gave back Ricky’s football when they were all younger

[@johnye2210]

@@samuelbrauner ay lil man. Catch !

[@savajecaylala8784]

That scene is iconic in so many ways. The death scene , Lloyd’s facial expressions, the intensity everything

[@CHELSEABuckhannon]

Yes l Agree 👍 😊

[@laurynalana1876]

I can’t believe John is actually gone. God rest his soul

[@lifestraight]

Yeah. It's almost like it didn't happen.

[@molink3123]

Wtf I never knew he died bro. Smh rip

[@laurynalana1876]

Mo Link yeah he passed about a year ago. A stroke and a heart attack I believe. He was only 51 :/

[@cursedsolo3112]

Rip

[@SupaMosD]

Fax 📠 this eases my heart tho

[@ellebrowne]

It was Lloyd’s piercing eyes that made that scene... You knew he was going to get him. RIP Lloyd Avery ii

[@ShinRyojin]

Ricky's death scene, to this day, is still one of the most disturbing and hard to watch scenes in movie history. From its raw realism, the performance actors being able to capture that feeling of hysteria and horror. Damn, just thinking about it is too much!

[@_errorz_699]

R.i.p John Singleton, one of the best black directors

[@hinkhall5291]

You’ll rarely see a more compelling and thoughtful movie than Boyz ‘n the Hood. John Singleton was brilliant.

[@danielshamu8890]

Morris thanking John was legendary

[@armyricia6208]

That’s his first movie he should

[@slowpoke96Z28]

The scene was framed great. The shotgun, Lloyd, the score, everything. The look on the face of “knucklehead #2” was brilliant.

[@lol-bm1xq]

Rest in sweet paradise John! Thank you for this masterpiece 🙏🏾❤️🙌🏾

[@kkain123]

I love John Singleton! His movies are so raw and classic.

[@qamarnasir7478]

It's not an anniversary til cube and Cuba show up

[@lewalcindor9356]

Fishburne too

[@inklusiveentertainment7804]

Qamar Nasir Cuba was there

[@KardiFan2000]

5:40

[@shonda79able]

It really is an anniversary because it was actually the 25th anniversary. Lol. However, it may not be a true reunion because Cube wasn't there. I think that's what you are trying to say.

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

Qamar Nasir cuz they don't support movies the popularize black on black violence anymore and that's all movies like this does is make it a normal thing with young black men.

[@shannonnorwood1517]

A trailblazer. One of the best to do it. Rest in Peace, Mr. Singleton.

[@wareproduction8779]

Didn't feel like a anniversary with no Ice Cube there

[@cod3in3bryant67]

True

[@wareproduction8779]

True and also Lawrence fishburne he had a big impact in this film.

[@jeromeholloman8089]

we're ice cube and Morris in high school back in 1991 when boyz in the hood came out?

[@jeromeholloman8089]

we're ice cube and Morris in high school back in 1991 when boyz in the hood came out?

[@theonesugafrizzle9251]

Jerome Holloman no, Cube was around 22 when it came out

[@paddymcp90]

The fact the guy that shot Ricky did that shit in real life makes that scene fucking epic legend.

[@crazydrummer181]

Not really.

[@welles2002]

The Ricky death scene is one of the most beautiful scenes ever. Brilliantly shot and edited. Devastating !!!!!

[@Jasmine_887]

i still cry when he die lmaooo even with set it off and i can always watch these movies and still feel like its my first time seeing it love it 😊

[@valeriehowell-mcnulty4926]

riz1738 Gurrrrl, me TOO!! That part ALWAYS has me EMOTIONAL!! Secretly, EVERYTIME I see this scene, I ALWAYS want Ricky to MAKE IT, but as we KNOW, Ricky NEVER does!! AWWWW!! 💯💯 😔😔😢😢😔😔⚘⚘⛪⛪

[@Chanelthenextlevel]

riz1738 me too only those 2 movies get me every single time

[@alfatir14]

Nia still has that same cute laugh...

[@lishadavis7570]

Boyz in the Hood is a Classic.. Ive watched that movie more than any movie I've ever seen.John S. was Awesome..He gave alot of people a break of a lifetime to act in movie's. He is such a Blessing.

[@brokefrogproductions]

This was one of the saddest cinema deaths ever. After wishing SO hard for a "director's cut", I decided to make my own. RIP John Singleton.

[@ApexTheDon]

"Ricky baby your test scores!!!"

[@chrisfox8939]

The scene he is describing where doughboy is holding Ricky I literally have it on my screen right now I paused it to watch this and it’s a perfect shot of what he is talking about

[@russisdope]

Rip John 🙏🏾

[@safronsahara9000]

Morris Chestnut is so fine! It's unbelievable.

[@MsElisMom]

wasn't a fan of his when he was in Boyz in the Hood but mmaaannn he sure did grow into a fine specimen. sheesh his wife is blessed to wake up to him everyday

[@jeromeholloman8089]

lol y'all woman thirsty!!! BTW how old is Morris he looks around 30s lol

[@jonathanakerele8006]

He was born in 1966 in Cerritos, California so that would make him about 50 now.

[@Jasmine_887]

Jerome Holloman lmaoo we are

[@ricomartinez2869]

You're wrong bro, he was born in 1969

[@dizzstacks4966]

Rip Lloyd Avery ii

[@hotties3v3n]

Rip to the two people he was set up to take the rap for their murders.

[@markellfrazier7528]

Dizz Stacks and rip dooky

[@Tamiko38]

Dizz Stacks who is that

[@IRON5]

Tamiko Walker The gentleman who shot Ricky in the alley..

[@ttucker10466]

Dizz Stacks 🙏🙏😥

[@gezzarandom]

That scene was really hard to watch, it was brilliantly done by everyone involved.

[@MrEvanTea]

6:27 R.I.P Lloyd Avery II 1969 - 2005

[@jeromeholloman8089]

how he die?

[@lesean9341]

+Jerome Holloman he got killed in prison :-(

[@Jasmine_887]

Ev K plus he was cute to me lol real thug rip boy

[@GraceArie]

riz1738 I always had a crush on him too! Lol

[@georgedafourth]

He was a murderer in real life so fuck his peaceful rest

[@cookiebetts6341]

Who else watched Ricky's death after this?

[@Ilovechicago100]

always

[@Boss81ish]

hideous apple 😂😭

[@MrKing8050]

Actually before

[@ADORNED75]

On my way NOW!😅😅

[@ROMEROME1990]

El Chinito Chingon Right here and you could peep 👀 that Morris Chestnut (Ricky) was maintaining to keep his head up the entire time while running 🏃🏿 😂.

[@JRBONDABEATS]

The honest truth on god, I was 4 years old and it was a celebrity game with Morris Chestnut and Shucky Ducky Quack Quack in Fort Worth Texas at the Wilkerson-Greines Activities Center in either 93 or 1994 and I walked up to Morris and said at age 4, Ricky I thought you were dead smh lol, Morris said aw naw lil man it was just make-believe lol. I will never forget that bro. My whole family was there that day and me and my moms laugh about it to this day she was right there when I said it and I gave OG Morris a fist bump I know nobody will care or ever believe me but I will always remember that lol GOD bless everybody bro.

[@Porter5habazz]

its sad because Cuba didn't even remember Llyods name. smh. sucks that he became a statistic. R.I.P. Llyod

[@MissMaya308]

When I saw on your comment so I heard that It's sad to know that he felt like an outsider.

[@langleyh8243]

Seemed like Cuba was a prick towards him too

[@Redefine7]

Morris chestnut 😍😍 that man gets better with age

[@kincamell2]

"And when Doughboy disappeared After his brother died and he said nobody cared I still do, after all these years Because he should've played ball Ricky ain't deserve none of that at all These are just a illustration Of a few scenes that helped raise a generation" - Lupe

[@monicathompson832]

Cuba Gooding Jr. Cried in Boyz N The Hood he was so angry...

[@MrLionHearted]

Cuba cry in every movie he in

[@monicathompson832]

Bryant Leonard yes he's does cry in all his movies..

[@tsdifferent]

Nia is so cute 💖✨

[@lowkey_fla]

Ikr

[@Ilovechicago100]

awsome!!! always going to be a classic

[@briancooper8707]

Ricky's death was very saddening and where Brenda Beat the hell out of Doughboy and being a Hypocrite in that scene

[@divineenergy7237]

R.i.p Lloyd

[@adianunderhill75]

The sad thing is about this movie is that right before Ricky gets shot the last moment he has with his brother is they got into a fight in the front lawn

[@skeetbunniecardetailing520]

I could watch countless hours of this

[@efrainrodarte6395]

We need to see Cuba in more big roles

[@aidanrummer6202]

Crazy what happened to Lloyd Avery II.

[@Jm-ek8th]

Yeah word

[@creek2835]

Always feel like someone can save Ricky every time i watch it😂so depressing..i be nooo do go to the store please..down to the scratch off ticket my heart still races...very pivotal scene that will never be forgotten in all the years we watch

[@bresnursery4769]

Cree K facts! I watched it today and was anticipating and nervous as hell, then when the shooting scene came I'm yelling for Ricky to run to the side and hide beside some houses or somethin😂damn, I get emotional man, and I lost a best friend to gun violence.

[@sylviaowens71]

Love it. I love when they be talking about the movie it is so excited to me i cried when Morris chestnut got killed tears was running down my face

[@blacklanton]

Riiicccccckkkkyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

[@QuiQui96]

Rip to dookie and Rip to the guy that shot Ricky . The guy that shot Ricky was a snackkkk 😍😭😭

[@velvett722]

R.I.P To My Celebrity Crush Lloyd Avery

[@PurveyorOfCuriosities]

Tyra Ferrell is STILL fine...damn.

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Woww No Cube or Larry Fishburne smh

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

Dramahawk Promotions cuz they don't support movies the popularize black on black violence anymore and that's all movies like this does is make it a normal thing with young black men.

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Aysten Williams K

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

ToeclampingFreak Well he went by Larry at this time my bad

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

ToeclampingFreak Yeah

[@checkmateforever]

Aysten Williams - I’d doubt that was the reason for their no show. That film definitely played a huge role in Cube’s success of starting off as a film maker himself and plus this was just a reunion of that film being released. They were part of something special.

[@ninjanizzle]

4:20 So that's why he was running with his eyes closed🤣

[@blvckdoll]

My first thought when this video started: Hold up. You can't have an anniversary of the film without Cuba Gooding and Ice Cube. 😒😂

[@carsisbest]

Well Gooding was there not Ice Cube tho 😅

[@monicathompson832]

RoyalOutcast Cuba was there but not Ice Cube..lol

[@blvckdoll]

Monica Thompson I know lol whatever

[@ROMEROME1990]

TheLoner23 You cannot forget Laurence Fishburn and Angela Bassett. Cuba Gooding Jr. got interviewed near the end.

[@victoriaburns5128]

the next saddest scene next to Ricky getting killed and Ricky's mom getting and reading ricky's letter showing he passed his test is when dough boy brings Ricky's body home knowing mom's loved Ricky more than doughboy and mom's quickly assumed doughboy killed him or had something to do with him getting killed 😔😖

[@krunk9790]

sometimes i watch this movie with someone who never seen this movie , and soon as this scene starts from the lottery ticket to bringing him home i watch the one im looking the movie with mostly they in shock

[@thesbytolbert7769]

Great Movie! I would love to see it again!

[@monicathompson832]

All the cast on Boyz N The Hood looks great Ice Cube Cuba Gooding Jr. Morris Chestnut Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne Nia Long Regina King John Singleton and others.. they all looks great...

[@monicathompson832]

Even the ones that have passed away.. I love them all..

[@MrSwaggonten]

I was young when I first saw this movie and a couple months later I saw Ricky in a Foot Locker commercial and I must say it really fucked my head up......

[@monicathompson832]

Cuba makes me cry when he cries 😢😢😢😢

[@dirtybird2316]

R.I.P. John

[@gregorycurry6781]

My fav song from that movie is "Spirit"! "Does anybody, care at all. Don't you know your brothers hungry"..... something like that lol!

[@rissaceehart4076]

YESSS SIR ..its on my Spotify..Yall know that's the 1 &Only DAVE HOLLISTER singing lead on the song they play at the ending of the Movie. Dave b4 he joined BLACKstreet.

[@Meshagurl28]

I wish Lloyd was there to talk about his part

[@briielashae1147]

Jamesharay Ray Yessss❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@kailansimeon4522]

Frfr I would wanna know how he felt playing his role as a killer.

[@lai.9697]

@jay Smith yes he was or else they wouldn't have made that scene.

[@britneyhouston-escajeda]

Rest in peace John

[@hurbsnarebergowitz4083]

yea cuba and now that guy who shot ricky really DID become a gangsta and died.. chris tucker lookin dude... WIKI it Lloyd

[@knightfall0153]

Hurb Snarebergowitz Wiki is not trustworthy

[@amandanixon7276]

Cuba is not dead

[@dianeross4522]

He is saying yea cuba, as if telling alive cuba that the guy he snapped on that killed ricky died in real life.

[@KingBeastBDE]

Hurb Snarebergowitz je become a gangster he was one. Trying to leave the streets alone. He was on his way before dying in a car crash.

[@isthislife2]

Knightfall 01 na its true, he died and so did his brother who was a actor

[@monicathompson832]

Cuba Gooding Jr. a handsome man.

[@fnanderson6637]

What made that scene what it is...they didnt cut or fade to another scene when rickys body is laying there. They kept it real...like someone had to move his body and bring it home. And they showed all of that. The bluddy couch etc. It was so raw and vivid till this day it chills my spine. And btw i just farted.

[@RapperHolik]

without Ice Cube & Lawrence Fishburne.... makes it hard to call it an anniversary

[@deljean]

Angela too

[@Jm-ek8th]

Where’s Regina

[@lebronshairline4768]

I knew those dogs weren't acting. They were mean as hell

[@stroNg2thaBoNe2thaMax]

These guy's did a great job, to have the ability to act and make it look so real and in the moment, now knowing that they weren't even in it mentally lol.

[@princessmajesty8676]

6:32 😂aww poor Lloyd

[@m1keand1ke]

All Ricky had to do was run side to side.

[@gomarozdubar9381]

m1keand1ke Facts

[@bresnursery4769]

I SWEAR I yelled that at my TV screen today when I watched it: "Run to the side! Hide on the side of a house or hide somewhere!! RUN!" AS IF I didn't know the end result lol

[@shawnfloyd5757]

If they didn't get him there, they would of got him somewhere else, Gangs don't give up if they want you taken out.

[@derriushare2748]

When you get shot at for your first time you don't know what to do...

[@simonsez1787]

RIP Lloyd Avery II and Dedrick Gobert (Dooky). They was the early cases for BLM, but of intra-racial/ intra-community violence.

[@alexisruiz1450]

REST IN PEACE TO THE ONE THAT SHOT RICKY IN THE MOVIE Lloyd avery ii

[@strauqq1]

Good stuff!

[@mswilliams3205]

Morris is too damn fine

[@darkgable85]

RIP JOHN

[@ibiggcvisuals]

Im watching this right now.

[@stephaniecrookham5153]

Old films are the best just watched this tonight still makes me sob.. but yes would of been better the reunion with ice cube and Lawrence fishburne but still nice to see some of the cast 🥰

[@JayBelafonte]

"Hold on I gotta drain the weasel!!" 🤦🏽‍♂️ The dumbest move in movie history

[@fade2black1982]

If I could add an alternate ending to any movie, it would be Ricky not getting shot.

[@brokefrogproductions]

I made one on my channel!

[@jblakeblake5115]

RIP John Singleton.

[@Vidhead85Entertains94]

It was my generation's version of James dying in Good Times

[@KeleWele23]

Every time I watch Boyz In the Hood & Ricky's death scene comes up I get upset that he STOPS RUNNING TO PEE! 😫 That never made sense to me! I am not from the 'Hood nor have I had to try to outrun drive-by shooter BUT I can't imagine running for my life and stopping to take a piss! At some point the fear of dying will overcompensate my bladder or I will just pee & run to LIVE!

[@realhurrikaneisaac]

Ricky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sylviaowens71]

Ii know Boyz n the hood was sad I still like the acting Ricki really did his part on the movie he's is a outstanding actor he did real good 👍

[@monicathompson832]

Cuba Gooding Jr. Cried

[@Livinglifeandniners]

Monica C Thompson my last name is Thompson

[@monicathompson832]

greeneyeirvin wow we have the same last name...

[@DeeNice681]

John Singleton "pulled a Nas" with his first movie Boyz In The Hood. He made a classic movie than followed it up with good to average movies.

[@ericdxfan511]

Nastradamus?

[@marcusjames9353]

Right on with the analogy.

[@seamac206]

Poetic Justice is like It Was Written, better than average

[@princeprince9227]

DeeNice681 it was written and stillmatic is classics and he has plenty of timeless songs on other albums

[@IRON5]

Higher Learning was so on point it's more relevant now then it was in 1995...

[@KDawg92801]

it seems like it happebed in real life

[@tishsharay7509]

Kennedy Wilson because it Fucking happens to us daily

[@ginacleveland7995]

I always want Ricky to outrun that bullet! Such a great movie....thank you, John. R.I.P. 🙏🕊

[@malikmcclain7869]

Each time I watch this scene I go back to the fight between Ricky and Cube.John Singleton is the mailman and later it dawns on them that Ricky is left hung out to walk past the drive by shooters. Why is Ricky playing a lottery scratchoff while shooters are stalking him and Cuba! !

[@millyward7256]

Where's Ice Cube??? This anit NO DAMN anniversary without CUBE!

[@dreadxplayzs7849]

Milly Ward cuz they don't support movies the popularize black on black violence anymore and that's all movies like this does is make it a normal thing with young black men.

[@charlesleeiii]

I guess Ice Cube would've been here if he wasn't busy workin' on BIG3.

[@monicathompson832]

Y’all leave Cuba Gooding Jr. alone he’s a awesome actor ♥️ stop the fucking hate 😡

[@drones7838]

this movie is a staple in our household

[@BobbyBenzales]

For a second, I thought that was like 2Pac in the thumbnail :D Oh how silly of me.

[@middleschooltrash]

Haha

[@gbrown8523]

Nia long and the woman that played Ricky’s mother are fine as fuck

[@tishsharay7509]

g Brown nah Ricky woman is killing both

[@judewilliams3911]

and ricky,s girlfriend had that big ass

[@kiamarvin82]

She played in poetic justice too

[@CMTheHollow]

Where doughboy at?

[@AndreLucas-ec7he]

Rip john

[@turtlemanfromgatherspond6382]

RIP john singleton

[@dexxbaker8804]

We didn't have dog movie. That Movie was sooo real