Fans of the legendary 1980s and '90s rap group N.W.A have been both delighted and skeptical of an image that seems to show prominent members of the group at a restaurant with a pioneer of early ...

On this day in 1995, gangsta rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications from AIDS, less than 10 days after publicly revealing his diagnosis. Few figures in hip-hop history embody the ...

EXCLUSIVE: The controversial death Eazy-E, frontman of groundbreaking rap group NWA, is to be explored in a new docuseries. Eazy-E, otherwise known as Eric Lynn Wright, died on March 26, 1995, a month ...

LOS ANGELES – Eric Darnell Wright Jr. remembers his father driving down Muriel Avenue in Compton for Thanksgiving dinner. It was there that his now 86-year old grandmother, Katie Wright, would prepare ...

Rapper Eazy-E (aka Eric Lynn Wright) appears in a portrait taken in Union Square on March 1 Credit: (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, the legendary ...

Phyllis Pollack knew Eric Wright early in his career, and was one of those who went to the hospital in 1995. Phyllis worked as a publicist for various NWA and Eazy E albums over the ten year career.

Eazy E s vision pointed all eyes to Compton. As a result, everybody benefitted. One of the biggest beneficiaries was Eazy s friend and peer, MC Eiht. Compton s Most Wanted remains a group with a 20 ...

Just weeks after Tupac Shakur had a street named after him in Oakland, California, N.W.A founder Eazy-E was bestowed the same honor by his hometown. On Wednesday (November 22), the city of Compton, ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

On this day in 1995, gangster rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications of the AIDS virus less than 10 days after making it known to the public. Many are able to embody the persona ...