Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tre Styles Desi Arnez Hines II as Tre age 10 Ice Cube as Darrin "Doughboy '' Baker Baha Jackson as Doughboy age 10 Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker Donovan McCrary as Ricky age 10 Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne) as Jason "Furious '' Styles Jr. Nia Long as Brandi Nicole Brown as Brandi age 10 Angela Bassett as Reva Styles Tyra Ferrell as Brenda Baker Redge Green as Chris Kenneth A. Brown as Chris age 10 Dedrick D. Gobert as Dooky Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster Tracey Lewis - Sinclair as Shaniqua Alysia Rogers as Shanice Regina King as Shalika Lexie Bigham as Mad Dog Raymond Turner as Ferris Lloyd Avery II as Ferris ' Triggerman (Knucklehead # 2)
who played monster in boyz in the hood
Baldwin C. Sykes