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Trivia
Birth Name: Eric Wright
Date of birth: 7 September 1963
Place of birth: Compton, California, USA
Date of death: 26 March 1995
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA. (complications from AIDS)
Nickname: Eazy E
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Spouse: Tomica Wright (19 March 1995 - 26 March 1995) (his death) 2 children
Has a day each year in his name in Compton,
Eazy-E day, by order of the mayor.
Has nine children by seven different women.
Played drums and piano competently (though
not expertly).
His most famous song "Boyz in the
Hood" was never meant to be sung by him. It was intended for an
east side group called "HBO" to sing.
He was the unofficial front man of N.W.A.,
although he had relatively little contribution to the music (all of it
being crafted by Dr. Dre) and even his own lyrics (most of which were
written for him by Ice Cube).
N.W.A. was voted the 33rd Greatest Rock 'n'
Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone.
Was a member of the Kelly Park Compton Crips.
Married the mother of his last two children
one week before his death.
Fellow NWA rapper DJ Yella wrote a solo
single called "One More Nigga To Go" in dedication to him, and
to help raise money for college for his nine kids. Yella reportedly also
was the only member of NWA to stay friends with him all the way from
beginning to end.
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