Boyz-n-the-Hood

"Boyz-n-the-Hood"
Original 12" sleeve
Single by Eazy-E
from the album N.W.A. and the Posse
B-side	"L.A. Is the Place / Fat Girl" (Eazy-E and Ron-De-Vu) (original issue, 1987) Dopeman" (N.W.A) (reissue, 1989)
Released	March 3, 1987
Recorded	1987[1]
Studio	Audio Achievements (Torrance, California)
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	5:37
Label	Ruthless Macola Priority
Songwriter(s)	Ice Cube
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre[2]
Eazy-E singles chronology
"Boyz-n-the-Hood" (1987) "Eazy-Duz-It" (1989)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 1989 maxi-12" reissue.

"Boyz-n-the-Hood" is the debut single by Eazy-E, then leader of a new rap group, N.W.A. Released in March 1987, the single was a local hit, reissued, by year's end on the unauthorized compilation album N.W.A. and the Posse.