As the story goes, Eazy E became a rapper by accident. In 1987, the man then known as Eric Wright hired his future N.W.A bandmate Ice Cube to write a song called "Boyz-n-the-Hood" for another ...

In related news, a CD/DVD package called “Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E – Gangsta Memorial Edition” is slated to drop Aug. 30 as the rapper’s 41st birthday (Sept. 7) comes around.

Eazy-E / Getty *Gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E will be posthumously honored with a street named after him in his beloved Compton. AllHipHop.com reports the City of Compton will officially rename Auto ...

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 ...

Considered the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” Eazy-E was a founding member of N.W.A., which was the beginning of a new era of rap music. On March 26, 1996, Eazy-E died from complications related ...

Eric “Eazy-E” Wright had a multitude of fans that respected him as a rapper and for his business acumen. However, in the eyes of his No. 1 supporters—his wife and children— none of his ...

Eazy-E reportedly passed away in 1995 from complications from AIDS— but not everyone thinks so. Already a legend at the time of his death, the gangsta turned rapper’s iconic status has only ...

Vibe magazine places Eazy-E on the cover of their September 2015 digital issue for an article titled Eazy-E: The Ruthless Life Of An American Gangsta.

Rapper Eazy-E of N.W.A died of AIDS-related complications in 1995. About 25 years later, he is being memorialized in a small, seemingly random town in England. EMI Music ...

Singer Eazy-E, whose pioneering "gangsta" rap group N.W.A. brought the rawness of the inner-city to white suburbia, died Sunday of AIDS complications. He was 31.

Erica Wright, the oldest daughter of Eazy-E, gets into a Chevrolet Impala owned by Robert Rodriguez on Saturday, July 27, 2019 in Toppenish Wright was in Toppenish to see a new gravestone made by ...

Alongside Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren and Arabian Prince, Ice Cube and Eazy-E were the founding members of the group that pioneered gangsta rap, and are widely considered to be among the most ...