In the recently released video, Kims former husband Kanye, 44, kidnapped, tied up and buried a Claymation version of. On tonight’s episode of Growing Up Hip Hop, Lil Eazy E looks into the details surrounding his father’s murder. Since then, a number of conspiracy theories about the specific cause of his death and the. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Kim Kardashian is 'furious' over Kanye Wests threatening Eazy music video. Rapper Eazy E & the Details On His Death. It's generally believed that the rapper contracted the disease from a sexual partner. For years, it was reported that famed former N.W.A rapper Eazy-E died of complications from AIDS in 1995. Eazy-E death controversy - and Suge Knight?Įazy-E's death can get controversial when it comes to the question of how he got AIDS. Shockingly, less than two weeks later, Eazy-E was dead. He died from AIDS-induced pneumonia on March 25, 1995, at the age of 30. He announced that news to his fans on March 16, 1995, per the UPI. In early 1995, the rapper was admitted to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles after feeling ill for some time with a cough.īut while there it was determined he had AIDS. Eazy-E released his solo album Eazy-Duz-It the same year, which was in fact another collaborative effort between various members of N.W.A. However, the "Straight Outta Compton" band broke up in the early '90s, and Eazy's health suddenly took a sharp downturn not long after. Their smash 1996 single 'Tha Crossroads' was dedicated to Eazy-E and helped push the album to multi-platinum success. What caused the untimely death of the "Boyz-n-the-Hood" rapper and member of N.W.A.? How did Eazy-E die?Įazy-E, whose real name was Eric Wright, was a successful solo rapper who also formed the iconic Compton group N.W.A. Eazy-E executive produced Bone Thugs second album, E 1999 Eternal, which was released shortly after his death on March 26, 1995, of HIV/AIDS in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. On March 26, 1995one month after the initial diagnosisEazy-E passed away at approximately 6:35 p.m. The legendary and controversial rapper died young at the age of 30 back in 1995. Gellert, Lauren Lazin and David Stefanou.It's been over 25 years since the music world lost Eazy-E.
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Unravelling this story through tracking down eyewitnesses to Eazy-E’s last days, revealing unseen footage and testing long-held theories around his untimely death.Ĭritical Content, which produces BET’s Copwatch and A&E’s The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, produces and the series is exec produced by Ebie, Tracy Jernagin, DJ Skee, Thao Dipolito, John Halterman, Tom Forman, Jon Beyer, Jeff Dawson, Lauren P. The series, which launches on August 12 at 10pm, will feature never-before-seen footage and interviews and will follow Eazy-E’s daughter, Ebie on a personal journey to examine the unexplained circumstances surrounding her father’s death 26 years ago.Įbie teams up with her mother, Eazy’s ex, Tracy, as well as hip-hop journalist, Jasmine Simpkins, to seek the truth. There were also suggestions that Eazy-E, who also ran Ruthless Records and signed artists such as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, had a hit out on him by white supremacists, while he was also thought to be under FBI watch, in part due to the Compton rapper’s songs such as Fuck the Police.
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