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Ice Cube continues his push on to the small screen with a new hour long reality television series on A&E titled Good in the Hood.
Ice Cube will introduce each episode, which features a different reformed gang member, drug dealer or criminal, who takes on the responsibility of rehabilitating another person with similar circumstances.
Good in the Hood is being executive produced by Ice Cube & long time collaborator Matt Alvaraz, along with Dave Broome, Colleen Conway and Rob Sharenow.
"One of the most powerful elements in the show is the personal connection of the two subjects," co-executive producer Rob Sharenow told Variety. "People who are still in thrall to drugs or violence are more apt to respond to someone who has walked in their shoes."
A&E currently reaches over 91 million homes. The network hopes Good in the Hood will help capture a younger demographic.
Last year, shows like Dog the Bounty Hunter, Intervention and reruns of The Sopranos helped improve A&E's viewing audience by 4% among adults 25-54, 13% among adults 18-49 and 24% among adults 18-34.
"This show is a way to demonstrate what is going on in a positive way in the urban community," Ice Cube said in a statement.
Good in the Hood is Ice Cube's latest foray into reality television.
In 2005, the rapper rapper/actor/filmmaker teamed with R.J. Cutler and produced the series Black.White, which was broadcast on FX and featured a white family and a black family sharing a home in the San Fernando Valley.

Hip-Hop history was made last night (Mar. 12), as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
As Hip-Hop pioneers, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were one of the first Hip-Hop groups to incorporate deejaying and emceeing in a group.
“We are going in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to represent exactly who we are and what we did,” Melle Mel told AllHipHop.com. “Nas saying that Hip-Hop is dead is 100 percent right,” Mele Mel told AllHipHop.com. “If there's anyone who thinks that we aint worthy to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, well we should do something to prove them us, as well as Hip-Hop does belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
The group consisted of Grandmaster Flash, the DJ and Cowboy, Mele Mel (formerly known as Melle Mel), Kidd Creole, Raheim, and Mr. Ness, the groups MC’s.
The groundbreaking group went on to create such hits as “The Message,” “Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel,” and countless others.
Rap mogul and Def Jam Records president Jay-Z introduced the group during the introduction ceremony.
"Thirty years later rappers have become rock stars, movie stars, leaders, educators, philanthropists, even CEOs," Jay-Z said. "None of this would have been possible without the work of these men."
Formed in the South Bronx, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five have come a long way since their first single “Superrappin” hit the streets in 1979.
The annual event took place at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel and other inductees included R.E.M., The Ronettes, Patti Smith, and Van Halen.

Ten years after his still-unsolved murder, the Notorious B.I.G. continues to make an impact on the music charts.
The wordsmith's latest posthumous release, Greatest Hits, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts this week with sales of nearly 100,000 units.
"No one expected Biggie to enter at number one on the Billboard charts this week, not even myself," said Bad Boy CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs. "This is a true testament to the historic impact he has had on the lives of music lovers. Numbers don't lie - Biggie is the greatest and he still has the greatest fans."
The ranking represents the third number one album for B.I.G., who was killed March 9, 1997.
"Everything my son was a part of has been golden," said B.I.G.'s mother Voletta Wallace. "For his presence to be felt ten years after his murder, as if he was still here today, is very touching and overwhelming. The fans have really shown their love for my son throughout the years, and I appreciate each and every one of them for their continued support, love, and respect of his art, music, and life! Blessings!!!"
Greatest Hits celebrates the life of B.I.G. with a career spanning collection of his best known songs, including "Juicy," "One More Chance," "Big Poppa," "Notorious Thugs," "Ten Crack Commandments," "Dead Wrong" and "Hypnotize."
In addition, the album features two unreleased tracks, "Running Your Mouth" and "Want That Old Thing Back."
Greatest Hits is the follow-up to RIAA platinum-certified Duets: The Final Chapter, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.
The new album is the third consecutive Bad Boy release to enter the charts at number one, following Danity Kane's self-titled debut and Comb's Press Play.