Eazy-E was a Hip-Hop powerhouse when he died in 1995. As a founding member of the trailblazing gangsta rap group N.W.A and founder/CEO of Ruthless Records, he made his mark in the 30 years he was on ...

The monster success of N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" sent viral a 2003 video of Suge Knight making a joke about Eazy-E's AIDS death. Eazy-E, an original member of N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude ...

A portrait of rapper Eazy-E, aka Eric Lynn Wright, taken on June 27, 1991 in New York City ; Lil Eazy-E and Ebie attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, ...

“I’m not a role model or a Dr. Seuss. Yo I’m a gangsta.” Eazy-E personified the tone of Gangsta Rap. Coming from Compton, California, the face of Ruthless Records along with his team N.W.A, Eric ...

Eazy-E is one of the pioneers of the rap genre called gangsta, but he didn’t have an angry scowl across his face at every waking moment. He was a member of “the world’s most dangerous group,” yet he ...

Eric Darnell Wright Jr. remembers his father driving down Muriel Avenue in Compton for Thanksgiving dinner. It was there that his now 86-year old grandmother, Katie Wright, would prepare large meals ...

Just weeks after Tupac Shakur had a street named after him in Oakland, California, N.W.A founder Eazy-E was bestowed the same honor by his hometown. On Wednesday (November 22), the city of Compton, ...

Rap legend Eazy-E is widely regarded as the Godfather of Gangsta Rap, yet some fans are only now discovering the origins of his iconic stage name. Born Eric Lynn Wright, Eazy-E grew up in Compton, ...

Eazy-E founded Ruthless Records in 1986 as a platform for his upstart group, N.W.A. Now, more than 30 years later — and more than 20 years after the rapper’s death — his widow and son are battling ...

The debut of Straight Outta Compton has unleashed a new wave of speculation into NWA rapper Eazy-E’s 1995 death from complications of AIDS. Perhaps inevitable, theories have proliferated. The latest ...

"I'm-a tell you what happened with Eazy getting AIDS and I believe this to this day," Frost says. "And I don't care if you guys got it on film. You can tell the world. They gave him tainted needles ...