Lil Eazy-E was 10 years old when his father died of HIV/AIDS in 1995. He was mostly raised by his grandmother.

Late N.W.A frontman and Ruthless Records head Eric “Eazy-E” Wright may be known as a godfather of gangsta rap, but he was also a compassionate man, as depicted in the biopic Straight Outta ...

Eazy E was not just the godfather of gangsta rap, he was the one member of the N.W.A with eyes and ears closest to the streets. Kennedy is a deft storyteller, ducking and diving through the origin ...

WEtv has ordered The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E and the four-part limited series will investigate the gangsta rap icon’s 1995. It comes from Critical Content. Eazy-E, otherwise known as Eric ...

A full decade has passed since the death of Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, the influential rapper that helped pioneer the subgenre of gangsta rap. The Game has revealed his plans for remembering the ...

Often referred to as the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” Eazy-E, born Eric Lynn Wright, rose to prominence as part of the rap group N.W.A and became a father before his death at 30 years old in ...

We truly appreciate the honor,” he said. 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 ...

According to Daz Dillinger’s manager Bigg A, who helped put together the Lil Eazy-E collaborative project The Legacy, Eazy-E left plenty of music behind. Eazy-E was a Hip-Hop powerhouse when he ...

A former dope dealer, Eazy-E, dressed all in black L.A. Kings gear and dark shades and carrying an automatic rifle he'd never shot in his life, brought more to the future of virulent hip-hop than ...

In the end, it wasn’t a bullet that felled the gangsta rapper. It was AIDS. The music world was shocked in 1995 when rapper Eazy-E announced he’d contracted the disease. Just one month later ...

For better or for worse, Gangsta rap has always been one of the most beloved and popular sub-genres in hip-hop for the past three decades. The artists involved have been super polarizing for ...