Eric Eazy-E Wright

Title	Eric Eazy-E Wright
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Eric "Eazy-E" Wright

Eric "Eazy-E" Wright

A Life Interrupted By:  Taylor Evans

     Born September 7, 1963, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright's early reputation on the
streets of Compton, California, was a hustler eager to apply his street
knowledge to his legitimate game.  He dropped out of high school in the tenth
grade, but refused that to interrupt his success.
     In the late `80's he turned to rap music.  Along with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre,
DJ Yella, and M.C. Ren established the most successful and controversial rap
group in history.  As N.W.A, they blasted police cruelty and challenged the
establishment.  They eventually took their message of inner-city struggle to
millions of fans worldwide.
      As a soloist, Eazy's career was even more incredible.  He launched
Compton/Ruthless Records in 1987 and by 1988 had two hit acts-JJ. Fad and
Michel'le. During the summer of the same year, N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton LP
frightened the media into labeling the group "gangsters".  This was a label the
group wore and exploited with such force that by the time Eazy released his solo
project Eazy-Duz-It that fall, the stage of musical funk and lyrical fight had
long been set.
     "Boyz-N-The-Hood" , "We Want Eazy", "Eazy-Duz-It".  His voice fueled a
legion of hits.  In the early `90's, he joined other West Coast rappers,
including M.C. Hammer, Ice T, Tone-Loc, and Young MC, in a stop the violence
campaign led by the single "We're All In The Same Gang".  With N.W.A, Eazy broke
down all the doors of mass exposure previously closed to rap music.
     Attempts to rock the young musician's foundation were generally useless.
Arrests for performing N.W.A's biggest hit "F*** The Police", and other attempts
at censorship only helped pave the way for his success.  By the time the group
had released its last album, Efil4zaggin, in...

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