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 ...
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 ...