But the influence of each member and the group as a whole carried on through the years. Dre, Timbaland, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have all performed duets with Lil Eazy-E. He was born and raised in Compton, California, as the oldest son of gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E. He is the founder and CEO of NWA Entertainment, LLC, a music and media production firm. As this photo was taken, the pair's business had just started to build up enough steam to engineer a major coup: N.W.A's jump from Macola Records to the upstart Priority Records where the group would record their true debut album, Straight Outta Compton. As NWA began to come apart, each of the artists seemed to go their own way. (born April 23, 1984) is a musician and HIV activist. Eazy E was the exception.Ī drug dealer, a high school dropout, and a member of the Kelly Park Compton Crips, Eric Wright aspired to get involved in the music business by starting his own record label with the help of Jerry Heller, a down-on-his luck former manager to stars like Elton John and Marvin Gaye. A ‘secret marriage’ was arranged just 12 days before Eazy’s death. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today.Īlso Known As: Eric Wright, Little Rat, The Greatest Gangsta.īefore the Photo: Nearly everyone in the Posse photo was either involved in the Compton club music scene with ( a DJ crew, a rap group or an electro-funk outfit) or just a hanger-on. Eazy-E’s attorney of just two months drafted a will while the rapper lay on his deathbed. This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A.
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