Eazy-E

Eazy-E, whose actual name was Eric Lynn Wright, was a rapper who became famous after being a part of N.W.A. He was born in Compton, California, United States of America, on September 7, 1964, to Kathie, an administrator at a grade school, and Richard Wright, a worker at a post office. The area where he grew up was a notorious neighborhood.

Eric hated school and stopped going to it after the tenth standard. His cousin introduced him to drugs, and he started to sell it to become financially stable. In fact, Eric earned as much as two hundred and fifty thousand dollars while being a drug dealer.

However, after the death of his cousin, he decided to quit the business and carve a career in music. Eric commenced his journey with recording songs in his house garage. With the help of his friend Jerry Heller Gerald E. “Jerry” Heller is an executive and an Am >> Read More... , they established a company named Ruthless Records.

Eric's debut album Eazy-Duz-It was a massive hit. He then joined N.W.A., and together they began producing some enjoyable songs and collections like Niggaz4Life, Straight Outta Compton Click to look into! >> Read More... , 100 Miles and Runnin', and others. In 1990, N.W.A split up due to individual fights and ego tussles. His fans call him The Godfather of Gangsta rap.

In 1995, Eric's loved ones admitted him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Initially, they thought he had asthma since Eric was coughing and wincing rigorously, but doctors later declared that he had contracted AIDS. It caused an uproar and magazines like Newsweek, Jet, The Crisis, Vibe, and others covered the news. One month later, his condition worsened, and he passed away.

They kept Eric in a gold basket and buried him in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California, on April 7, 1995. Instead of the traditional black suit, he spotted jeans, Compton hat, and a flannel shirt. Ten months later, Ruthless Records released Str8 off the Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton posthumously. During Eric's last days, he managed to have cordial relationships with his estranged former bandmates.

Eric is the father of nine children; most have different mothers. One of his daughter, Erin, is an aspiring filmmaker. Twelve days before his death, he married Tomica Woods, in Los Angeles. Tomica became the owner of Ruthless Records after his death.

Several filmmakers and writers have produced video biographies books respectively depicting Eric's life like The Day Eazy-E Died and Dead and Gone. Jason Mitchell Born on January 5, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, >> Read More... played him in Straight Outta Compton. In spite of leaving school, he Eric managed to secure a high-school general equivalency diploma.