Although the Hip-Hop community lost this giant in the game over two decades ago, the legacy of Eazy-E will always be seen, heard, and celebrated by the hip-hop culture.
Eazy-E was born Eric Lynn Wright in 1964 in Compton, California. Like most of his gang-infested neighborhood, Eazy adopted the street life and began a career selling drugs in the early 1980s. Wright earned as much as $250K selling drugs, but he quickly reinvested his street profits into the music business, thus starting Ruthless Records.
Not long after, Eazy linked up with O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young and Lorenzo “MC Ren” Paterson and founded “the world’s most dangerous group”, N.W.A. This multi-platinum, Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame group catapulted Eazy’s status to the “godfather of gangster rap”.
Even though the world said goodbye to Eazy in 1995 after his short battle with AIDS, his musical genius continues to live on and influence future generations of Hip Hoppers.
Happy birthday, Eazy! #RIPEazyE
