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Since his 1995 death, many book and video biographies have been produced, including 2002's The Day Eazy-E Died and Dead and Gone. [60] [61] [62] When Eazy-E was diagnosed with AIDS, many magazines like Jet, [63] Vibe, [64] Billboard, [65] The Crisis, [66] and Newsweek covered the story and released information on the topic. [67]
Ice Cube accused Eazy of being too much under Heller's influence and both of them exploiting the rest of the group: "Eazy-E, MC Ren, Dr. Dre, and Yella". Also, "It's a case of divide and conquer, 'cause you let a Jew break up my crew" and "house nigga gotta run and hide, yellin' Compton but you moved to Riverside." [7]
According to a 2013 interview with Ice Cube, when Eazy-E was close to death in 1995 from AIDS, Cube went to visit him in the hospital, Dre was walking out and told him that Eazy was unconscious. Cube left the hospital without seeing Eazy and told Dre to call him when he woke up. Dre later called Cube and told him that Eazy had died. [10]
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 ...
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.
Eazy-E executive produced Bone Thugs' second album, E 1999 Eternal, which was released shortly after his death on March 26, 1995, of HIV/AIDS in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. [16] Their smash 1996 single "Tha Crossroads" was dedicated to Eazy-E and helped push the album to multi-platinum success.
The late rap icon Eazy-E is getting a street named after him in Compton next week. 'My dad loved where he was from,' daughter Erica Wright says. Eazy-E is getting a Compton street named after him ...
In 1988, Patterson contributed to Eazy-Duz-It. Although officially released as a solo album by Eazy-E, numerous artists contributed. Patterson; the only guest rapper on the album, features raps of his own on almost half of the album. The album was produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella, while Patterson, Ice Cube and The D.O.C. wrote the lyrics.