Eazy E

Born Eric Wright in 1964, Eazy grew up with the same hopes and dreams as most young men from an impoverished background. He wanted to make it big, no matter how he had to do it. Hip-Hop was a flourishing conglomerate, very legal, and one that could provide a way of life that make most envious to the point of rage. The Hip-Hop scene on the western section of the United States was not as lush as it was in the east, but all that would make a drastic change.

Dealing drugs to make a living, Eazy finally did something positive with the money that was leading to the bloodshed on the streets. He took a portion of his earnings and formed a rap label, called Ruthless Records. The attempt to start his rap empire didn’t prove fruitful until up and coming artists Ice Cube and Dr. Dre began to write for the label. When HBO, the signing company of Ruthless Records refused to take one of the group’s songs, titled "Boyz In The Hood," they formed the group N.W.A., an acronym for Niggaz With Attitude. They would bring aboard 1 more member DJ Yella, and the five-man team would begin to blaze the trail that we know today as gangsta rap.

N.W.A

N.W.A will go down as the greatest Rap group of all time. They paved the way for gangter rap, and made many chart topping hits.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

"Straight Otta COMPTON" will go down as one of the greatest songs of all time. NWA depicted what the true gangsta life was like and put Compton on the map.

LIL EAZY E

LIL EAZY E kept his fathers' hopes and dreams alive and continued to live the life of gangbangin and rappin. He has kept his fathers name alive and icontinues to live the life his father once did.