N W A

music

N.W.A, an acronym for Niggaz With Attitude, was a pioneering American hip-hop group formed in Compton, California, in 1986. The original core lineup centered on Eazy-E as founde...

Biography & Profile

The artist known as Eazy-E real name was Eric Lynn Wright . Born on September 7, 1964, in Compton, California, he became a central figure in West Coast hip-hop as a rapper, prod...

hip-hop-history

Eric Lynn Wright (Eazy‑E) and O'Shea Jackson (Ice Cube) became famous as founding members of N.W.A, the group that catalyzed West Coast gangsta rap and reshaped American popul...

Celebrity Profiles

The film Straight Outta Compton (2015) dramatizes the rise of N.W.A and the Compton hip-hop scene. Among the central portrayals is the character of Eazy-E, depicted as a pivotal...

relationship

Eazy-E’s brother is Thomas Wright, known as Lil Eazy-E. He is a rapper and longtime associate of N.W.A, best known for carrying forward his half-brother Eazy-E’s legacy in h...