Eazy-E is set to be honored with a Compton street named after him, and the late rappers family is “truly grateful” for the honor.
Ahead of the November 22 event, the N.W.A. rapper’s son Lil Eazy-E spoke with AllHipHop about what the accolade means for his family.
“To hear our father Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright is being honored during the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, it’s a testament to his impact and legacy in the genre,” he said. “His contributions to Hip Hop music and the entertainment business and culture continue to be recognized and celebrated, and we are truly grateful.”
He continued: “We will continue to make sure our father’s charitable contributions will continue to be our goal thru our nonprofit, the Eric Wright Foundation. We truly appreciate the honor.”
The City of Compton will rename Auto Plaza Drive South to “Eazy Street” on November 22 in a special event from noon to 3p.m. PT that will be open to the public. Lil Eazy-E and N.W.A’s DJ Yella will perform, as well as DJ Joe Cooley.
In other news, Eazy-E reportedly has “reels” of unreleased music, some of which feature collaborations with the legendary rock group Guns N’ Roses.
The Ruthless Records founder passed away nearly three decades ago but there could still be some posthumous records floating around, according to one of the late rapper’s close friends.
Rock The Bells caught up with Arnold “Bigg A” White at a listening event in March for Daz Dillinger and Lil Eazy-E’s joint album, The Legacy. According to him, Eazy had collaborations in the stash with Slash of Guns N’ Roses.
RIP Eazy. Whoever sitting on that unreleased Eazy E vocals needs to cash in while they can. Might as well before they AI the shit outta him like they currently doing with Pac on youtube. Be smart, cash in while he still has fans.
Eazy E should have been had his own Hollywood Star as much as he did for the music industry. And the Boyz N the Hood Movie was named after his debut single.