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                              Eazy E

  "Boyz in da hood are always hard/you keep talkin that trash and they'll pull ya card," The lyrics have echoed throughout gangsta rap since the day Eric Wright bka Eazy-E pushed them through a mic to 2" reels, in the late 80's. Born September 7, 1963 to parents Richard and Kathie, the Compton born and bred child eventually helped to put the gang-infested suburb of Los Angeles on the musical map.

While being bussed to Taft High School in Woodland Hills, CA, Eric started dealing drugs. The money he earned from this venture would pave the way to his first release around '86/'87, "NWA and the Posse."  Included on this project were future Hip Hop stars Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, MC Ren, and Arabian Prince. This release would also be Ruthless Records,' the label Eazy and Jerry Heller started, first release. By 1988's release, "Straight Outta Compton," Dr. Dre would streamline the production down to the hardest beats possible, making this album a Hip Hop classic, selling platinum underground and going to sell double-platinum after being re-released in 1989. Eazy later released his solo debut, "Eazy Duz It," which also ran double platinum sales.

1989 was the year Ice Cube left the group NWA, citing Wright and Heller making way more money than anyone else in the group as his reason.  Unfortunately for artists, it is a common practice in the industry for label owners to make more than 50% of the profits while charging the recording artists out the ass.  Along the way Dr. Dre also became critical of Eazy's business direction, though on an artistic level rather than monetary level. Wright wanted NWA to have an even harder, more stark sound in nature to match the street thug image of the group.  Dre wanted to go in a more contemporary direction. After releases by DOC, Eazy-E, and NWA's last album, "Efil4ZaggiN" in '91, Dre would jump ship as well. Without NWA's two biggest stars, Ruthless Records would still have incredible success with releases by Eazy, Above the Law, MC Ren, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

Eric was also criticized by the public for supporting the only non-white officer of the Rodney King beating, as well as for donating money to the Republican Party. His reason for the donation was cited as a $15,000 donation resulting in $1,000,000 worth of publicity.

FBI, despite negative feelings towards Eazy, uncovered a plot by white supremacists, to assassinate him.

Early in 1995, Wright was checked into a hospital with bronchitis. This led to his being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.  He died soon after on March 26, 1995. Surviving him are his wife Tomica Wright (now running Ruthless Records) and his children, among which his eldest son, "Lil Eazy" is now building a career as an MC.