Eazy followed this up with a solo album, Eazy-Duz-It (1988). In 1987 the group released their debut album, N.W.A.
Dre (Andre Young), Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), MC Ren (Lorenzo Patterson), and DJ Yella (Antoine Carraby) to form the seminal “gangsta” West Coast rap group Niggaz Wit Attitudes, or N.W.A. They became partners and launched Ruthless Records, with Eazy’s financial contribution allegedly coming from drug profits.Įazy-E teamed with Dr. On Mahe met veteran rock manager Jerry Heller. While still involved in the drug scene Eazy was also very interested in early Los Angeles hip-hop. Compton was notorious in the early 1980s for the simultaneous growth of drug and gang activity, and for a time Eazy allegedly sold marijuana and cocaine. His mother was a school administrator while his father worked at the post office.Įazy dropped out of high school in 10th grade, though he would eventually complete his GED. Eazy-E, pioneering West Coast rapper, producer and record label executive, was born Eric Lynn Wright to Richard and Kathie Wright in Compton, California on September 3, 1963.
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