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This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1920 to 1949.

In 1991, 23 year old director John Singleton guided viewers through South Central Los Angeles, taking for the first time an unflinching look at the devastating impact of violence on the black family. Boyz N the Hood ’s realistic portrayal of the inner city changed the face of black cinema forever. Ten years later, the Academy Award® nominated director and writer returns to the same inner city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues for the story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a