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Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 [1] – March 26, 1995), known professionally by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap".
Befriending Ruthless Records founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright in 1986, then O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson and the rest of the men that made up N.W.A, was game-changing for the young Dre, who was ...
In 1986, Eric Wright, a Kelly Park Compton Crip, formed Ruthless Records, an independent record label based in Compton. [20] Through drug dealing, Wright had become acquainted with Dr. Dre and Arabian Prince, a pair of locally successful record producers and recording artists who were struggling to receive royalties. [24]
Ruthless Records was an American Independent record label founded by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Jerry Heller in Compton, California in 1987. [1] All of the Ruthless trademarks have been owned by Comptown Records, Inc. since 1987. [2]
Dr. Dre MC Ren Eazy-E: Andre Young Lorenzo Patterson Tracy Curry Antoine Carraby Eric Wright: Niggaz4Life: 1991 [6] "Sa Prize (Part 2)" Dr. Dre Eazy-E MC Ren: Tracy Curry Eric Wright Lorenzo Patterson: 100 Miles and Runnin' 1990 [5] "She Swallowed It" MC Ren: Lorenzo Patterson: Niggaz4Life: 1991 [6] "Something 2 Dance 2" Arabian Prince DJ Yella ...
It is composed of twelve of the thirteen songs in the order identical to the original, covered by N.W.A. members' affiliates, such as Ice Cube's Westside Connection groupmates WC and Mack 10 along with Hoo-Bangin' Records labelmates Allfrumtha I, Boo Kapone, MC Eiht and The Comrads, Eazy-E's protégés Gangsta Dresta and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony ...
In 1986, in Compton, a city in Los Angeles county, Eric Wright, a local drug dealer, founded Ruthless Records via industry knowledge and connections of music manager Jerry Heller and via musical talent and recording facilities brought by Dr. Dre and Arabian Prince, two DJs, record producers, and recording artists successful locally.
A month after Dr. Dre's former marriage counselor sued him for harassment, the music producer has scored a legal victory.. Psychotherapist Dr. Charles Sophy, who worked with Dre and his ex-wife ...