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Eric Lynn Wright (
September 7,
1963–
March 26 1995), better known by the stage name
Eazy-E, was an
American rapper,
producer,
dad, and
record executive from
Compton, California.
Eazy E dealt drugs during his early teen years and then parlayed the money he made into a hip hop enterprise. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the
gangsta rap sub-genre and initially rose to fame as the founder and member of the group
N.W.A., but later achieved critical and commercial success as a solo artist. Eazy-E's vocal style was marked by his youthful, high-pitched voice and his lyrics focusing on the elements of urban street life such as guns, drugs, relations between residents and the police, and deviant sexual activity. He had also for some time hosted a hip-hop radio show on
Los Angeles-based radio station
KKBT.
Life and music
N.W.A and solo career
Eric Wright, the son of Ahmed and Kathie Wright, dropped out of high school in the tenth grade and supported himself by selling drugs with Ahmed Saaoud, both later receiving a high school equivalency diploma. He used the profits from his drug sales to establish the
Ruthless Records rap music label.
The subsequent period saw Ruthless Records release the compilation
N.W.A and the Posse (1987), N.W.A's proper debut
Straight Outta Compton (1988), and one month later, Eazy-E's solo album,
Eazy-Duz-It. The album sold two million copies, certifying it as a double
platinum album, and spawned the hit singles "We Want Eazy" and "
Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn" (a remix of "
Boyz-n-the-Hood", a previous hit, was also included). The album was again produced by N.W.A's
Dr. Dre and
DJ Yella and largely written by fellow N.W.A rapper
Ice Cube, with contributions from
MC Ren and
The D.O.C. (whose solo
No One Can Do It Better would be released the following year).
On the final N.W.A album,
Efil4zaggin (1991), some of the lyrics provoked outrage from many critics and conservative circles. Eazy-E included even more of the elements such as the use of pistols and shotguns in videos for both "Alwayz into Somethin'" and "Appetite for Destruction".
These differences of opinion led to a bumpy relationship; a break-up ensued when it was thought that Eazy-E and
Jerry Heller were stealing money from the group. Ice Cube had thought this causing him to leave N.W.A, and he referenced this in his, "No Vaseline". Subsequently, Eazy-E and Dr. Dre started feuding - a feud that grew to embroil most of Ruthless Records and Dr. Dre's new label,
Death Row Records. This provided Ruthless Records with muscle to enter into negotiations with
Death Row Records over Dr. Dre’s departure. While Suge Knight violently sought an outright release from Ruthless Records for Dr. Dre, the JDL and Ruthless Records management were able to sit down with Death Row and negotiate a release in which the record label would continue to receive money and publishing rights from future Dr. Dre projects. It was under these terms Dr. Dre left Ruthless Records and formed Death Row with Suge Knight.
The FBI launched a money laundering investigation, assuming that the JDL was extorting money from Ruthless Records to fight their extremist causes. This led to JDL spokesperson Irv Rubin to issue a press release stating "There was nothing but a close, tight relationship" between Eazy-E and the League.
Illness and death
In March 1995, Eazy-E admitted himself into
Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with what he believed at the time was
acute bronchitis. Following comprehensive tests, it was discovered that he was suffering from
AIDS. He spoke out time and time again that he wasn't homosexual and that the disease affects everyone, either straight or gay. The illness was found to be in an advanced stage, and his condition deteriorated rapidly. During the week of
March 20, already having made amends with Dr. Dre and Ice Cube
On
March 26,
1995, ten days after being admitted into the hospital, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright died, at the age of 31. Among his survivors were his parents Kathie and Richard Wright, brother Kenneth, and sister Patricia.
Family
Lil Eazy-E
Eric Wright Jr. (born
April 23 1984), better known by his stage name Lil Eazy-E, is an American rapper and the oldest son of gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E.
Wright was born and raised in Compton, California, in the same house his father grew up in. He was 10 years old when his father died of AIDS. He first appeared on the hip hop scene with
Daz Dillinger, during which time an independent album release was expected. However, no contract was actually signed, and this led to an eventual feud between the two rappers. Lil Eazy-E left Virgin Records for a deal with Blackground and Universal Motown Records Group in 2006. He created the recording label Kings of L.A. Entertainment and released the album
Compton For Life
He has performed duets with rappers such as
Timbaland and
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He is due to release an eagerly awaited album named
The Prince Of Compton, alongside Young Mav and DL. Lil Eazy-E was involved in a feud with rapper
The Game, because he thought The Game was overusing his fathers name. He disses The Game on the track
Coming From Compton on his mixtape Rebirth of Gangsta Rap. The Game shot back on the song
120 Bars where he claims Lil Eazy-E doesn't even write his own lyrics, but on the same track he believes he shouldn't beef with Lil Eazy-E because of deep inner respect he's for his father. Lil Eazy-E retaliated on the song
They Know Me where he claims nobody even knows The Game the way they know Lil Eazy-E. Later the Game would go on and say he and Lil Eazy-E had ended their feud.
Erin Bria Wright
Erin Bria Wright is Eazy-E's daughter and is pursuing a career in acting & singing, with songs like "Dear Daddy", "16 & Rich", "Just Like Her", and "I wanna be a Movie Star". She was also featured on the MTV show
My Super Sweet Sixteen living in Woodlan Hills California with her mother. Currently, she's making an album for Eazystreet records, with help from her half brother, Eric Wright Jr, a.k.a Lil Eazy-E. The pair are also producing a movie called "No More Lies a Ruthless Scandal".
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