Lloyd Avery II
Lloyd Fernandez Avery II was an American actor. He appeared in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood as one of the Bloods who murdered high school football star Ricky Baker and was later killed by Doughboy in retaliation. In 2005, Avery was convicted of double homicide, and was sentenced to life in prison. He was later discovered in his cell sacrificed to Satan, after being egregiously confined unsupervised for over 38 hours alone with an inmate who had been court ordered to serve life in solitary confinement. Officials neglected to investigate this negligence and have refused any further comment or accountability for this clearly criminal violation of his human rights by the California Prison System.
Early life
Lloyd Avery was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lloyd Avery Sr. a self-employed service technician and Linda Avery, a stay at home mom who later worked for a bank. Avery has three siblings, two brothers and one sister and grew up in View Park, an affluent, mostly African-American neighborhood in Los Angeles. Avery attended and graduated from Beverly Hills High School where he played baseball and waterpolo. While in high school, Avery became friends with the children of singer Smokey Robinson, music producer Quincy Jones, and music executive Clarence Avant. Avery briefly attended Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and aspired to have a career in music.Career
Avery became acquainted with director John Singleton while Singleton was a film student at USC. Singleton later wrote and directed the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. Avery was cast in a minor but pivotal role in the film. After the film's success, Avery obtained an agent and frequently went on auditions. He landed a short stint on the hit television series Doogie Howser, M.D.. Avery continued to hone his music career and produced the lead single Push on the debut album of singer/actress Tisha Campbell. The song was also featured in an episode of the popular TV sitcom Martin. Singleton once again cast Avery in his next film Poetic Justice.Avery re-emerged in 2000 starring as Nate in the 2000 film Lockdown and as G-Ride in the 2001 independent film Shot.