Today, the Hip-Hop community remembers one of its most pivotal figures, Eric Lynn Wright—better known to the world as Eazy-E on what would have been his birthday. Born in 1964 in Compton, California, ...

Rapper Eazy-E (aka Eric Lynn Wright) appears in a portrait taken in Union Square on March 1 Credit: (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, the legendary ...

Alonzo Williams, left, and Eric Darnell Wright Jr., the son of the late rapper Eazy-E who goes by Lil Eazy-E, celebrate the renaming of Towne Center Drive in Compton as "Eazy Street" on Wednesday.

Eazy, whose real name Eric Wright, was a native of the California city and propelled West Coast rap into the spotlight as a member of NWA. A block of Auto Drive will be named after him. Good morning.

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- The city of Compton on Wednesday honored the late rapper Eazy-E by renaming the 100 block of Auto Drive South after him -- officially dubbing the stretch Eazy Street. Eazy-E, ...

Soon, you can be cruising down Eazy Street in your ’64. In September, the Compton City Council unanimously voted to rename the 100 block of Auto Drive South, which runs off of Alameda Street and into ...

It was more than a month ago when DJ Yella released Straight Outta Compton: My Untold Story, a tell-all book in which he sheds more light on his time with N.W.A. Among the many highlights in the ...