Remembering a Hip Hop Icon - Eric 'Eazy-E' Wright
On this day March 26, in 1995, at 6:35 p.m. the world of hip hop was rocked by the passing of the ‘Godfather’ of gangsta rap / hip hop culture icon Eazy-E aka Eric Wright, from AIDS-related pneumonia. Hip Hop culture was personally touched by this deadly disease.
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