After releasing several popular EPs, Eazy-E suddenly discovered, much to his horror, that he was dying of AIDS he died in March 1995, only a month after first being diagnosed with the disease.

Eazy-E also continued running Ruthless Records, producing new artists, and making frequent guest appearances on other rappers' albums. Most of his solo raps covered the same group as N.W.A., though a prominent feud with Dr.

split up in 1991, Eazy-E went on to a high-profile full-time solo career, though he had actually released his solo debut, Eazy-Duz-It, in 1988, while still in N.W.A.

Eazy-E was an instrumental member of the group, his high-pitched whiny voice becoming a trademark of the group, now considered the progenitors of the 'gangsta rap' genre. Ice Cube wrote the song, and originally intended it to be for H.B.O., another group. And bust this crazy shit.' Woke up quick, at about noon. Boyz-n-the-Hood is the solo debut by rapper Eazy-E as a part of N.W.A. (MC Ren joined in 1987.) Over the next few years NWA became the most notorious group in rap, penning vulgar rhymes which celebrated urban violence, denigrated women and advocated killing police officers. Laughs 'A'yo, man, you remember that shit Eazy did a while back Motherfuckers said wasn't gonna work (that crazy shit). In 1986 Eazy-E, as he called himself, began a rap career by forming Niggaz Wit Attitudes (known as N.W.A.) with Dre, Cube, DJ Yella, the Arabian Prince, and the D.O.C. In the mid-'80s Wright founded a rap record company, Ruthless Records, with profits from his drug dealing, recruiting emerging rap talents such as Dr. gangsta rapper/producer Eazy-E grew up on the rough streets of Los Angeles, where he dealt drugs for a living after dropping out of high school. Born: September 7, 1964, Compton, Los Angeles, CAīorn Eric Wright in Compton, Calif.

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