*With an influential role in gangsta rap, trailblazing members who would later change rap music and controversy throughout its existence, N.W.A.’s place in hip-hop history is secure. “I wanted to show ...

"Why do I call myself a nigga, ya ask me?" MC Ren muses on "Niggaz 4 Life," the title-track from EFIL4ZAGGIN, N.W.A.'s explosive sophomore LP. The album came at a time when hip-hop culture was ...

On this day in 1995, gangster rap pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright succumbed to complications of the AIDS virus less than 10 days after making it known to the public. Many are able to embody the persona ...

Eazy-E tragically never got to bask in the accolades his contribution as a whole brought to the Hip-Hop culture. The anointed “Godfather of Gangsta Rap” died on March 26, 1995 at the age of 31 after ...

TOPPENISH — Erica Wright was still a child when her father, famed rapper Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, died on March 26, 1995. But she has known for most of her life that the birth year on his simple flat ...

A full decade has passed since the death of Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, the influential rapper that helped pioneer the subgenre of gangsta rap. The Game has revealed his plans for remembering the fellow ...

After more than a half-dozen books and a hit Hollywood film, what more could be said about N.W.A, the West Coast rap group that put the gangsta into gansta rap? Quite a lot, it turns out. Ben Westhoff ...

Jerry Heller, a veteran music manager who helped introduce N.W.A to the masses and promoted gangsta rap to a mainstream audience, died Friday in Thousand Oaks. He was 75. The Associated Press reported ...

On this day, thirteen years ago, one of the first and most influential kingpins in Hip-Hop history tragically died of AIDS. The man who teamed up Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and gave the world Straight Outta ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...