Real name of Eazy-E, Eric Wright was one of the original members of the gangsta rap group, N.W.A. He released his first solo project as early as 1998 with his solo album, Eazy-Duz-It. This was to be his only full-length solo album, as Eric Wright died of AIDS on March 26, 1995, at the age of 31.

Eazy-E also worked with such rap acts as The D.O.C, Above the Law, and Bone Thugs N Harmony.