
He announced his illness in a public statement on March 16, 1995. On February 24, 1995, Wright was admitted to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with a violent cough. Yet he remained more significant behind the scenes, signing and nationally debuting the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony from 1993 to 1994. The album, which was released on October 25, 1993, contains pictures of Dre wearing "lacy outfits and makeup" when he was a member of the Electro-hop World Class Wreckin' Cru.ĭuring N.W.A's splintering Eazy-E resumed his solo career released two EPs. Dre) 187um Killa, featuring the tracks "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" and "It's On". Dre continued after a track on Dre's debut album The Chronic, "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", contained lyrics that insulted Eazy-E. Dre and The D.O.C.'s releases, officially ending N.W.A. from Ruthless, and Suge Knight threatened Eazy-E's family: Suge Knight gave Eazy-E a piece of paper that contained Eazy's mother's address, telling him, "I know where your mama stays." Eazy-E finally signed Dr.

This did not convince Eazy-E to release Dr. Dre and The D.O.C., Suge Knight told Eazy-E that he had kidnapped Jerry Heller and was holding him prisoner in a van. The impasse led to what reportedly transpired between Suge Knight and Eazy-E at the recording studio where Niggaz4life was recorded. asked Eazy-E to release him from Ruthless, but Eazy-E refused. sent Suge Knight to look into Eazy-E's financial situation as they began to grow suspicious of Eazy-E and Jerry Heller. And Eazy was like, 'I'm taken care of, so fuck it'." Dr. Instead of taking care of everybody, he picked one nigga to take care of and that was Eazy. Dre recalls: "The split came when Jerry Heller got involved. N.W.A began to split up after Jerry Heller became the band's manager. The group released its third and final studio album, Niggaz4Life. Controversial upon release, it is now ranked among the greatest and most influential albums.


N.W.A's debut studio album, Straight Outta Compton, was released in 1988. Dre, they joined, forming N.W.A, later that year. After a short solo career with frequent collaboration with Ice Cube and Dr. Rap, Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap, west coast, hip hopĮric Lynn Wright (born Septemdied March 26, 1995) known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and rap mogul who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records, pushing the boundaries of lyrical content.īorn and raised in Compton, a small yet violent city near Los Angeles, Wright had several legal troubles before founding Ruthless in 1987.
