Eazy-Duz-It Ice Cube hadnt forgotten the freshman year rap battle he entered at his previous high school. In early 1995, Eazy entered the hospital with respiratory difficulties, believing he had developed asthma. Ice Cube, The Controversial Voice [7], Eazy-Duz-It was released on November 23, 1988. In 1987, the group released N.W.A. American rapper Easy-E was born Eric Lynn Wright on the 7 September 1964 in Compton, California. Easy-E left high school without graduating. As early as 1994, Eazy had begun to experience the symptoms of an apparent bout of asthma. The piece begins with an interview between Eazy and a female journalist, who asks about his childhood. [10] On February 15, 1989, the album was certified Gold (500,000 sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America, and on June 1, 1989, it was certified Platinum (1,000,000 sales). Jerry Heller They formed a rap group N.W.A. The doctors there, to his surprise, diagnosed him with AIDS. He rose to prominence as the lead rapper of the infamous rap group 2 Live Crew. The album charted on two different charts and went 2 Platinum in the United States despite very little promotion by radio and television. Controversial upon release, it is now ranked among the greatest and most influential albums. In the years between, however, he amassed a small fortune through drug dealing, founded a legendary record label, and formed one of the greatest acts in hip-hop history: N.W.A. He was best known for his management of West Coast rap and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E.He rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s representing Journey, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, War, Eric Burdon, Crosby Stills & Nash, Ike & Tina had signed on for an August 1987 tour with Salt-N-Pepabut behind the scenes, Ice Cube was hiding a secret. Eazy "He got caught up in the wrong crowd. Eazy Thankfully, Christopher said that his own children inspired him to get sober. By 1990, Compton's murder rate was a ridiculously high 91 homicides per 100,000 residents. In exchange, he was given a 20 percent cut of Ruthless' profits. His father's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, sued him over trademark rights to Ruthless Records in 2017.