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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Eric Lynn Wright, known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap".
I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.
Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
If we could, we'd change a lot of things. But the only thing that's going to really change things is money and time. And time might just make it worse, too.
Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.
The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
I bet there ain't anybody in South Africa wearing a button saying 'Free Compton' or 'California.' They don't give a damn about us, so why should we give a damn about them?
We're not into politics at all. We're just saying what other people are afraid to say.
Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.
I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
People where we come from hear so many lies that the truth stands out like a sore thumb.
I put Compton on the map.
I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
Compton is my city.
The black police in Compton are worse than the white police.
We're not making records for the fun of it; we're in it to make money.
I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
I'm not religious, but wrong or right, that's me.
I'm not a registered Republican or Democrat. I don't even vote.
If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.
What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.
Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.
Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.
Police on my drawers
I had to pause
40 ounce in my lap
And it's freezing my balls
I'm not saying this because I'm looking for a soft cushion wherever I'm heading, I just feel that I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS. Like the others before me, I would like to turn my own problem into something good that will reach out to all my homeboys and their kin. Because I want to save their asses before it's too late.
Fee fi foe fum, she's scratching on my back. Oh, here she comes.
Hard, you know what I'm thinking, took the panties off and the pussy wasn't stinking.
Another murder I committed made the front page.
The boys in the hood are always hard.
Jumped In The Fo' Hit The Juice On Ma Ride
I Got Front Back, And Side To Side
Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.
Nuthin' can avoid this shot 'cause it's hittin'
It's so cool when you touch it, wear a mitten