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This summer’s NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton billed itself as the valid , raw story behind the game-changing rap crew, and while parts of that may be up for debate, one of the film’s most unflinching facts was its sentimental portrayal of 31-year-old Eric “Eazy-E” Wright’s death from complications stemming from Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1995.
His passing, and the widespread announcement of his condition just months beforehand, brought HIV and AIDS out of their stigmatized confines and into the streets.
“Eazy taught us that AIDS was real,” fellow NWA member Ice Cube told MTV News prior to the film’s August release. “Not just for massive time celebrities or movie stars, but if you’re from right there in the hood, you could get it too…[Eazy]’s gonna re-teach that lesson with this movie because it’s still a big epidemic with our community.”
Cube makes a very authentic point: More than 1.2 million people in the US are living with HIV in
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It’s certainly not your average summer blockbuster.
N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” had the fifth largest August opening in history, and is expected to cross the $100 million tag this weekend. Unlike the average summer offerings, this is a film that’s got people thinking—and the hot takes are coming in fast.
There are two kinds of articles that are circulating widely right now, as is often the case for biographical films: (1) articles covering the reactions of those who were there at the making of the history the movie retells, and (2) articles decrying the topics and people that the motion picture didn’t cover. Up to this show, the hottest of the hot takes have decried “Straight Outta Compton” as a revisionist history, primarily because it omits Dr. Dre’s disturbing history of violence against women includin
User:Pasmorade/Eazy-E
“He was ruthless in bed.”
~ Anonymous homosexual
“Alas, Eazy-E. One of the most respected rappers of the 1990s. Part of the homophobic band N.W.A, his death was ironically due to AIDS. And if you dare tell me he contracted it from a woman, you've clearly never listened to hip-hop before.”
~ Oscar Wilde
“Purched up high on a roof top like a bird; I'm havin' gay thoughts”
~ Eazy-E on himself
Pasmorade/Eazy-E | |
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| Born |
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| Origin | Compton, California |
| Died |
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| Genres | Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, old university hip hop |
| Occupation | Rapper, music producer |
| Years active | 1986–1995 |
| Labels | Ruthless Records, Priority Records, Relativity Records, Epic Records |
Eric Lynn Wright, acknowledged professionally as Eazy-E or Eazy E, was many things. A rapper, music producer, drug dealer. But most importantly, he was a pimp. Despite often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap", he should arguably be referred to as the first closeted gay rapper.
Was Eazy-E most likely gay and on the down low?
guizot21
It is odd that he’s the only (I think) known person to die of it who wasn’t gay…
I think a long moment ago there was a heterosexual California political figure who died of AIDS because of a blood transfusion.
Amp22
Miller23
I picked up a few new musical interests in college like Nirvana and they have done well but that was about it.
I got some bad news for you about Kurt Cobain.
Flander24
I got some bad news for you about Kurt Cobain.
The drummer quit and started his own band.
Wee_Bairn25
Ok I forgot some . All those others mentioned though, they said how they got it, except I think Magic Johnson, and that’s a dubious situation all the way around. Eazy-E I don’t consider how ever said how he thought he contacted it, but he did die from it lovely quickly, so maybe there wasn’t time.
Sanity_Challenged26
If he was gay, and managed to keep it quiet throughout all the gossip and hooplah surrounding NWA with Ice Cube leaving, then the rest of the group eventually falling out, that’d be pretty slick secret-keeping.
Larry_Borgia27
And Ryan White
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