Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a music journalist from New York City, living in Nashville. Before NWA changed the music world with its 1988 record Straight ...

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 ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 It’s one of hip-hop’s greatest unsolved mysteries: N.W.A founding member Eazy-E died of AIDS, but his decline came out of the blue, and none of his relatives ...

On this day in 1995, gangster rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications of the AIDS virus less than 10 days after making it known to the public. Many are able to embody the persona ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This piece originally appeared in the April 1990 issue of SPIN. In honor of the 30th anniversary of NWA's landmark 1988 album ...

Jerry Heller, N.W.A's controversial original manager and a prolific industry veteran who died at age 75 on Friday. But he left behind a formidable chart legacy during his tenure with N.W.A and… By ...

Eric Lynn Wright may not have been the most talented or endearing figures in the history of hip-hop, but you can’t deny the impact he has come to inflict on the planet. Whether that’s good or bad is ...

Eazy E’s vision pointed all eyes to Compton. As a result, everybody benefitted. One of the biggest beneficiaries was Eazy’s friend and peer, MC Eiht. Compton’s Most Wanted remains a group with a 20 ...

Rapper Eazy-E would have turned 52-years-old this week (Sept. 7), but his life was cut short in 1995 after his battle with HIV. By Aggi Ashagre Rapper Eazy-E would have turned 52 this week (Sept. 7), ...

On this day in 1995, gangster rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications of the AIDS virus less than 10 days after making it known to the public. Many are able to embody the persona ...