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 ...

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 large meals ...

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 ...

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- The city of Compton on Wednesday honored the late rapper Eazy-E by renaming the 100 block of Auto Drive South after him -- officially dubbing the stretch Eazy Street. Eazy-E, ...

Snoop Dogg might have done his best to stay out of the biggest beef of the decade so far (to varying success), but that might just be because the old soldier already has his fair share of battle scars ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

LOS ANGELES — To turn three unknown actors into Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, they’d have to become friends for real. “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray was looking for chemistry when he ...

The 2025 nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame have been announced, and hip-hop is well represented thanks to nominations for Eminem and NWA. Five members of the latter are specifically up for ...

COMPTON, Calif. (CNS) - The City of Compton on Wednesday honored the late rapper Eazy-E by renaming the 100 block of Auto Drive South after him -- officially dubbing the stretch Eazy Street. "My ...