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Eazy-E (b. Eric Wright September 7, 1963 - March 26, 1995) was an American rapper who initially rose to fame as a member of the group N.W.A.. Born in Compton, California, Eazy-E dropped out of high school and began selling drugs, using the profits to form a record label, Ruthless Records, with Jerry Heller . He soon recruited Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and the trio released their first album, N.W.A. and the Posse in 1987, under the name N.W.A. ("Niggaz With Attitude"). The album was not a success, but the following year's Straight Outta Compton was an incredible smash hit.

Eazy-E quickly released his vanguard solo LP, Eazy-Duz-It , which went double-platinum. Ice Cube left N.W.A. in 1989 due to personality conflicts, and Eazy-E largely took over Cube's writing and rapping duties for Efil4zaggin ( 1991). The album was not as successful as Straight Outta Compton, and N.W.A. soon broke up, initiating a long court battle between the various members of N.W.A., Heller, Ruthless Records and Death Row RecordsDeath Row Records (also known as Tha Row Records is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, under the parent label of Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records. The label was once home to top rappers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg ( Dr. Dre's label, headed by Suge Knightcom/shared/media/news/images/k/Knight,_Suge/sq-suge-knight-studio-tr2. jpg Suge Knight born Marion Knight in Compton to a custodian father and schoolteacher mother, is an entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder of Death Row Records with). Dr. Dre's solo debut, the blockbuster hit The ChronicThe Chronic is the debut solo album from American gangsta rapper Dr. Having split from Ice Cube and Eazy-E, Dre's first solo album established him as the biggest hip hop artist in the US, and one of the biggest stars of his era. The Chronic established a made fun of Eazy-E on several tracks. In response Eazy-E released a second solo album "It's on(Dr.Dre)187um Killa, " which eventually sold more than 1.5 million copies. The album contains repeated references to Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg (later changed to Snoop Dogg when he began recording. He was f. The album shows Dre on the album's inner sleeve dressed in drag wearing eye shadow, lipstick and sequins. Ruthless Records found considerable success with Above the LawAbove The Law was founded in late 1987 out of Pomona, California by Cold 187um aka Big Hutch (born Gregory Hutchinson), K. G the Illustrator (born Kevin Dulley), Total K-Oss (born Anthony Stewart) and Go Mack (born Arthur Goodman). In 1989, they released, MC RenMC Ren joined up with the ground breaking gangsta rap group N. as he finished his senior year at Dominguiz High School in Compton. Clearly adding much hard-hitting vocals on the Straight Outta Compton ( 1989) album, soon found himself a much more valuable, H.W.A. and, most famously, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Eazy-E never managed to regain street credibility, vocally supporting Theodore Briseno, one of the police officers who took part in the Rodney KingRodney" Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) was an African-American motorist who, while videotaped by a bystander, was struck repeatedly by Los Angeles police officers ( LAPD) during a police stop on March 3, 1991. The incident raised beating and attending a Republican fundraiser.

In 1995, Eazy-E entered the hospital with what he believed to be developing asthma. He was diagnosed with AIDS, and almost immediately announced his illness to the public. He died soon after, on March 26, 1995. Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was released posthumously, followed by some previously unreleased material under the name Impact of a Legend . He fathered seven children by six different women.

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