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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".
The remix version, which was released on Eazy-E's 1988 debut album Eazy-Duz-It, contains a prologue that has Eazy-E describing playing "Gangsta Gangsta", a track from N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton, then announcing he will be playing his own song, which is in fact the rest of the song "Boyz-n-the-Hood", and the song continues.
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]
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 ...
Decades after Eazy-E and N.W.A helped put Compton on the map, the city honors the late rapper by naming a street after him.
Al Pereira/GettyThe death of the rapper Eazy-E was jolting. The leading member of the pioneering “gangsta rap” group N.W.A. passed away in March 1995 after a devastatingly short battle with ...
Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 biographical drama film that tells the story of hip-hop group N.W.A's rise and fall under manager Jerry Heller.The film, directed by F. Gary Gray, stars O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E. Released in August 2015, the film received critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing over $201 million ...
Eric Darnell Wright [1] (born April 23, 1984), known professionally as Lil Eazy-E, is an American rapper. He is best known for being the son of Eazy-E . He is the president of Rich & Ruthless Records, an entertainment and business firm for musicians and entertainers. [ 2 ]