It’s Boyz N Da Hood film director John Singleton! He married Akosua, and they had a child. Who knew?

On October 12, 1996, 30-year old Akosua married 28-year old John, with whom they had a daughter Hadar Busia-Singleton, born (April 3, 1997). We all remember when Mr. Singleton, in 1991, age 24 became the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director, and the first African-American to be nominated for the Oscar award.

He most recently made headlines for his incredible directing on an episode of Empire starring Taraji P. Henson and Terence Howard. He directed the 5th episode called “Dangerous Bonds.”…excellent show by the way, if you haven’t already checked it out. He bursted on the scene with Boyz n the Hood and then when he directed the music video for Michael Jackson’s single “Remember The Time,” starring Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson & super model Iman, everybody saw his versatility and knew he was a force to be reckoned with.

His follow-up films Poetic Justice (1993) and Higher Learning (1995) were just as attention grabbing and after the latter movie is when he met Akosua. We all know Akousa is no joke also with her acting skills. She later joined in his next movie – the 1997 film Rosewood. Just after the movie was released, the couple divorced on 15 June 1997. I bet you didn’t know this about Akousa…