E azy-E is dead. When L.A. gangsta rapper Eric Wright joined the growing celebrity list succumbing to AIDS a few weeks ago, it didn’t mean much to me. I’m a 32-year-old rhythm and blues man, with a ...

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ADARIO STRANGE, A SENIOR EDITOR at the rap magazine The Source, says Eazy-E’s getting AIDS jolts the hip-hop community the way Magic Johnson’s HIV announcement shocked the sports world. At the very ...

AIDS KILLS. YOUNG, old, black, white, straight, gay. Yes. Even hip-hoppers, too. That is the message the urbanAID 4 LIFEbeat benefit concert at Madison Square Garden will deliver to the hip-hop ...

Eazy-E tragically never got to bask in the accolades his contribution as a whole brought to the Hip-Hop culture. The anointed “Godfather of Gangsta Rap” died on March 26, 1995 at the age of 31 after ...

According to the latest numbers, almost half of the people in the United States living with HIV or AIDS are black. Today is National HIV testing day. A coalition of activists and media groups are ...

Eric “Eazy-E” Wright passed away 12 years ago after succumbing to the AIDS virus. His legacy and influence, however, is still felt today. As one of the founding members of N.W.A, Eazy was one of the ...

They say legends never die. And it’s probably why Eazy-E is still many hip hop enthusiasts’ favorite N.W.A member — it’s also most likely the reason why the group made sure to acknowledge him when N.W ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Eric Wright Jr., known by his rap name Lil’ Eazy-E, Saturday night in Compton, sheriff’s officials said. Wright, 22, who recently launched a rap career, ...