On this day, thirteen years ago, one of the first and most influential kingpins in Hip-Hop history tragically died of AIDS. The man who teamed up Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and gave the world Straight Outta ...

A full decade has passed since the death of Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, the influential rapper that helped pioneer the subgenre of gangsta rap. The Game has revealed his plans for remembering the fellow ...

For Eazy-E, the concept of gangsta rap was fully formed in his mind. By 1986, the genre, which nobody then called “gang­sta rap” (“reality rap,” please) had begun to sprout in L.A. by way of Ice-T’s ...

TOPPENISH — Erica Wright was still a child when her father, famed rapper Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, died on March 26, 1995. But she has known for most of her life that the birth year on his simple flat ...

Eric “Eazy E” Wright would’ve turned 50 on September 7, and he’s been gone for almost 20 years now. But the indelible mark that the Compton native left on the world of hip-hop cannot be denied. From ...

Eazy-E tragically never got to bask in the accolades his contribution as a whole brought to the Hip-Hop culture. The anointed “Godfather of Gangsta Rap” died on March 26, 1995 at the age of 31 after ...

Late N.W.A frontman and Ruthless Records head Eric “Eazy-E” Wright may be known as a godfather of gangsta rap, but he was also a compassionate man, as depicted in the biopic Straight Outta Compton ...

Ebie Wright, the daughter of late gangsta rap mogul Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, may be petite, pretty, and most remembered for her MTV My Super Sweet 16 episode — but don’t underestimate her fearlessness.

*Gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E will be posthumously honored with a street named after him in his beloved Compton. AllHipHop.com reports the City of Compton will officially rename Auto Plaza Drive South ...

Jerry Heller, a veteran music manager who helped introduce N.W.A to the masses and promoted gangsta rap to a mainstream audience, died Friday in Thousand Oaks. He was 75. The Associated Press reported ...

Eazy-E’s family hooked up the N.W.A founder with a new tombstone to mark what would have been his 55th birthday. On Saturday (Sept. 7), a public ceremony was held at the Rose Hill Memorial Park and ...