That day in 1995, the pioneer of Gangsta Rap Eric “Eazy-e” Wright succumbed to the AIDS headaches, less than 10 days after having publicly had his diagnosis.

Few figures in hip-hop include the essence of gangsta rap as EAZY-E. While artists like Schoolly D E ICE-T helped lay the bases, it was Eazy-E, throughout N. W. A. , who led him to a completely new level. A genuine entrepreneur, Eazy’s good fortune was not limited to rap; Its advertising intuition has made it imaginable to gain effective regardless of the industry.

In 1986, Eazy-E joined Jerry Heller to launch Ruthless Records, making an investment of up to $ 250,000 of his own street cash to finance the label. As Heller later detailed in his ruthless memories, Eazy has maintained 80% of the company’s property, a rare force of strength in the global music at that time.

“Yes, I am a brother in the streets of Compton doing many things that the maximum of other people fall from above, but we pay. Then we begin to say genuine things that shook the LAPD and the FBI. But we spent our message over time, and all in the United States began to pay attention to children in the hood. “

Thanks to ruthless records, Eazy-E presented Dr. Dre and Ice Cube to a National Court, helping to shape the sound and culture of Hip-Hop on the West Coast. Your vehicle? Gangsta ra. With raw letters and a underestimated narrative, they painted a living symbol of life in the streets: the activity of gangs, crime, racial discrimination, police brutality and the struggles of the black communities, the crack epidemic of the era of reagan. This uncompromising technique has cemented Rhuthless Records, N. W. A. , and its affiliates act as hip-hop royalty.

Nine years after the creation of the label, the global has lost Eazy-E. Although his time has been interrupted, his inheritance remains untouchable, woven in the fabric of hip-hop culture.