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"six children to seven different women"?

Quite an accomplishment... Savidan 16:20, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

That must be what "half-brother/sister" means ;-) Cavie78 (talk) 16:35, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Exactly what I was thinking hahahaha. Unless a miracle took place, I am assuming this person meant to say "six different women". Should I change it? Edit: I actually found a source that says "seven children with six different women": http://swindlemagazine.com/issue02/eazy-e/ Glad that's cleared up :D Basilisk4u (talk) 05:41, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

February 2011 - Dr. Dre music video

I was watching the music video for "I Need A Doctor" by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey, and at the end, Dre references Eazy-E, the last scene in the video if him standing at the grave of Eric Wright. I think this should be included within the article. Eric 324 (talk) 03:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, I was going to edit this, but the page is protected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.5.41.166 (talk) 20:30, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I 3rd this —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiffmonkey (talk • contribs) 06:41, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Most definitely relevant to the section about their feud, I believe. (209.195.69.106 (talk) 18:51, 5 June 2011 (UTC)) Actually, I just noticed this sentence in the article: "During the week of March 20, having already made amends with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Eazy-E drafted his last message to fans." Thinking about it, as their feud seemed to have ceased before Eazy-E's death, his tombstone in Dr.Dre's video doesn't seem as worthy of mention. (209.195.69.106 (talk) 18:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC))

And where are the artists who have been inspired and influenced by Eazy-E?

I do not know if you noticed, but from what I have understood there are many rappers who have been inspired and influenced by Eazy-E, among them I can name a Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, 2Pac, South Park Mexican (who has a song entitled "Boys on da Cut" for the song "Boyz n the Hood"), Brownside, will.i.am, Three 6 Mafia (who have sampled the song "Eazy-Duz-It") and The Notorious BIG. And all this we should put on your legacy, believe me, they should put on artists who were inspired and influenced by Eazy-E in order to fill more the article.

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Eazy-E/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: 12george1 (talk) 17:24, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Lead

• Everything in the lead meets the criteria, IMO, so I will pass it

Early Life

• Delink words that are already in the lead, such as "Compton, California", "Los Angeles", and "Ruthless Records".

• Fixed CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

• "In 1986, at the age of 23, Wright had allegedly earned as much as $250,000 from dealing drugs." - that money value is the first mention of US Currency, right? Link United State dollar on either "$" or add pipelink it as USD in parenthesis, e.g. $250,000 (USD).

• Fixed CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Musical Career

• Some words are over linked again: "Ruthless Records", " Dr. Dre", and "Ice Cube"

• Fixed CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Legal issues

• Pass

Death

• Pass

Musical influences and style

• Over linking again on the first line alone, delink: "Ice-T", "Redd Foxx", "King Tee", "Bootsy Collins", "Run-D.M.C.", "Richard Pryor", "The Egyptian Lover", "Schoolly D", "Too $hort", "Prince", "The Sugarhill Gang", and "George Clinton". Further into the section: "Eazy-Duz-It", "Ice Cube, The D.O.C., and "MC Ren" (twice in the third paragraph), "The D.O.C.", "MC Ren". In the legacy section: "Billboard 200", "Eazy-Duz-It", and "Real Muthaphuckkin G's".

• Fixed CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Discography

• Pass

References

• Don't write the title in all capital, like correct #53 "ABOUT THE OFFICIAL HIP HOP HALL OF FAME AND PRODUCER JT THOMPSON"

• Fixed CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

• Some of the references don't have accessdates, I am not talking about the references to books and magazines, I mean the refs that are online. Example, there are no accessdates for the following references:
  • Ref #3
  • Ref #5
  • Ref #6; also why does the published date read "2006-03-2006", rather than "2006-03-26"?
  • Refs #9 - #11
  • Ref # 16
  • Ref # 27
  • Ref # 29
  • Ref # 35
  • Ref # 38
  • Ref # 53
    • Template:Cite web says that retrieval date "should be given if the publication date is unknown", so I only fixed #11. CrowzRSA 21:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Conclusion

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Edit request from 99.137.149.253, 3 April 2011

In the infobox where it saids died it saids he was 32 when he died that is not correct because he was born on September 7, 1963 and died on March 26, 1995; so he died before his 32nd birthday; and that explains why it should say 31 because he was 31 when he died.

99.137.149.253 (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Done by SunCountryGuy01. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) ^(Shout!) 19:12, 3 April 2011 (UTC) He was actually born on September 7th 1964. His widow actually got the birth year wrong on his tombstone. Please confirm with his eldest daughter, Erica Wright on IG handle: wrknwn0feelns. His family has been angry for years ago this. Please research this. His mother has also confirmed he was born in 1964. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.111.140.36 (talk) 22:10, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Some bullshit in the article:

{{edit semi-protected}}

"The FBI launched a money-laundering investigation under the assumption that the JDL was extorting money from Ruthless Records to fight their extremist causes."

Extremist causes? Where the hell does it say that? Seems like pure BS to me. Remove entirely, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ratmandu (talk • contribs) 06:08, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done I removed "extremist", as it doesn't comply with WP:NPOV CTJF83 18:45, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

its not BS google the documents in the FBI files — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.47.127.105 (talk) 22:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 24 December 2011

Easy E's death date was 1995 aged 32 not 1995 aged 31

199.126.50.82 (talk) 18:52, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

 Not done If the dates in the article are correct, September 7, 1963 – March 26, 1995, then age 31 is correct - his 31st birthday was on September 7, 1994, and he died six months after that. Looking at the first few online sources in the article, the Los Angeles Times and Rap News agree with this. However, AllMusic says he was born in 1964, in which case he was only 30 when he died.

I don't see anyone saying that he made it to 32. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:36, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Released Records

There is a 30-45 minute CD that was made in the early 90's, (91? 92?) one of the songs is called "Eazy-E - Merry Muthaphukkin Christmas"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyKV2de0saY — Preceding unsigned comment added by RBTRL (talk • contribs) 12:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Death

The death section is incorrect. Eazy-E never made any amends with Dr Dre or Snoop Dogg. Dr Dre is on record, in his cover interview in The Source magazine July 1996, as stating he visited Eric at the hospital one time, but Eric was no longer conscious by this point and "he never knew I was there". Snoop never visited Eric - why would he? They were never associates. Please see the DJ Yella interview from Dr Dre's Aftermath website reiterating this point:

Aftermathmusic.com: Where all of you guys in the hospital? DJ Yella: I only got to see him one time. He was already like in a coma. Dre came in later … I don’t know if Cube or Ren came to see Eazy. http://www.aftermathmusic.com/blog/interviews/2003/dj-yella-october-2003/

Secondly, Eric never publicly acknowledged his condition. As described in Jerry Heller's autobiography, 'Ruthless', his decline in physical and mental well being was rapid in 1995. By the time the statement was drafted Eric had been in a medically induced come for some time and would shortly be dead. His longest serving collaborator and closest NWA associate DJ Yella has always been on record as stating the written statement was not by Eric, deriding it's tone and use of language. Jerry Heller in his book also backs Yella and says those were not Eric's words. Yella's words in 1996:

"When they read that famous letter at the press conference, Eazy was already in a coma the day before. I don't know who actually wrote the letter. Those aren't his words because he would've cussed in his regular way. Once I heard the first couple of lines I knew that it wasn't him. He was in a coma."

This information perhaps needs to be added in some way to the article, as the people who were there and closely involved with Eric as well as even those mentioned, such as Dre, contradict the story that is currently being presented in the death section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.173.63 (talk) 22:12, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed merge-in of Easy-E's son here (copied from Talk:Easy-E)

It think Lil eazy-e article might have trouble passing notability at AfD, it might, it might not, it would seem to meet WP:GNG, but WP:NOTINHERITED gets read a variety of ways. Much of the sourcing here is wrapped up in this Easy-E's life, and as a matter of writing a better article, I think there might be encyclopedic value to merging the two stories together. --j⚛e decker^talk 00:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree; the current article on Lil eazy-e does not have any sources, but could be sourced and added to his father's bio. Bearian (talk) 16:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Spelling

The spelling in the "Conspiracy Theories" section is atrocious. It really ought to be changed.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stickolia (talk • contribs) 01:44, 22 August 2012‎

Looks like the whole section was removed for being a copy-and-paste copyright violation from another website. --McGeddon (talk) 18:55, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 September 2012

Please correct "woud" to "would" in the section "Early life and Ruthless Records investment" 199.182.67.130 (talk) 18:06, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. --McGeddon (talk) 18:54, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

spelling error

in the legacy section it reads "in the forth quarter", it should be fourth.

pulalenguaPulalengua (talk) 01:44, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

(Non-)Relation to Charles Wright

The article claimed that Eric Wright is the nephew of Charles Wright of Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

The claim was not cited, and I cannot find a good source making that claim. I found what appears to be a good source (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-eazye-1614134.html) claiming Charles was Eric's father, but this source contains at least one other highly dubious claim (it says Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are half-brothers). And I could not find any other sources supporting either of those claims. Thus, I do not consider this a good source.

Another source (http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/chas_cht.htm) contains an interview with Charles Wright in which Wright disclaims any relation to Eazy-E, and while I suspect that is accurate, it doesn't appear to be a high-quality source either.

Accordingly, I have removed this claim.

Ajr5491 (talk) 02:00, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

The two Charles are two different men. Eric Wright's father was named Charles but was not in the band. Years ago in an AOL interview Charles from the band said he was not related to Eric Wright and that NWA had only sampled his music for Express Yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.111.140.36 (talk) 22:12, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

gansta rap 4 life

Eazy e is da OG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.210.160.18 (talk) 10:21, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Editing wikipedia . . . how very "gangsta" of you. 89.242.140.48 (talk) 17:25, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

I don't expect much support for this, but I'd love to hear the excuses

Why not open with "...was an American rapper and drug dealer"? It was a profession, highly notable, highly cited, and certainly more relevant than, say, his nationality. :) 69.122.244.46 (talk) 08:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Change "passing" to "death" per WP:EUPHEMISM

Please change "shortly before his passing." to "shortly before his death.", per WP:EUPHEMISM - "passing" is explicitly called out as an inappropriate and potentially non-neutral term. 87.115.241.113 (talk) 14:27, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

 Done albeit I slightly reworded it - thanks for pointing that out. Arjayay (talk) 14:51, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Lil Eazy-E

Lil Eazy-E resurrects here. While not the most well known rapper as a separate individual with some underground success, Lil Eazy-E desearved his own article, or atleast an entire section of this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.124.131 (talk) 03:56, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

== Date of birth incorrect == Eazy was born in 1964 per his family ie daughter Erica Wright and his Mother Patrica Wright. The tombstone is incorrect.

Eazy was born 1963 not 1964, AllMusic has the wrong date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.8.67 (talk) 06:12, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Theories on Eazy's Death Section

The entire paragraph about death conspiracy theories is very poorly written and unprofessional (using "U" instead of "you", run-on sentences), but the section saying that Suge Knight killing Eazy "could be true" is absolutely not biographical. I would edit it but the page is locked. Please change the paragraph to make it more reflect a neutral/biographical tone

Death section is horribly written.

The first paragraph is reasonably well written, but the second paragraph is absolutely atrocious. It reads like a 14 year old wrote it- it even substitutes "u" for "you" in a spoken quote. The claims made in it are also largely uncited, and the citations at the very end do not even support the text. 50.193.77.65 (talk) 15:11, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 March 2015

Please Change : "He announced his illness in a public statement on March 16. Eazy's sexual activity began at the age of twelve and resulted in not only a fatal disease, but also in seven children with six different women."

to 

"He announced his illness in a public statement on March 16. Eazy's sexual activity began at the age of twelve and resulted in not only a fatal disease, but also in ten children with eight different women."

Because that information is not accurate Eric Wright has 10 children by the names of Eric Wright Jr Erica Wright Sharan Wright Derrek Wright Marquise Wright Raven Wright Erin Wright Henree Wright Dominick Wright Daijah Wright

The reliable resource is from his daughter Henree Wright Henreewright (talk) 01:32, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

 Not done the information needs to have been published, so it is verifiable, in a reliable source - Arjayay (talk) 09:05, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Death section

Please remove "Eazy-E drafted his last message to fans, "There were few times I used Jimmy-Hats, but most of the times I did it raw" as it is an unverified quotation not found in the source

Death Section

Eazy E never "made amends" with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. He was in a coma before Dr. Dre got to talk to him. Snoop Dogg never even met him in the first place. Dre, Yella and Ice Cube visited him in the hospital, though. Not sure if MC Ren did or not. --74.110.155.77 (talk) 23:49, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

More Vandalism

Another line in the "early life section" mentioning condoms of some sort... really should put a lock on this or something

-concerned wikipedia user

Semi-protected edit request on 4 August 2015

I would like to explain the main reason why did really N.W.A. dissolved. YIZIYIY (talk) 23:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 00:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

1991 Presidential lunch

A CBS report has a bit more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyaXc7tNX7k prokaryotes (talk) 01:42, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

New Evidence Suggests Assassination by Rival Rap Artist Marion "Suge Knight" Hugh

According to celebrity news source TMZ--and suspected by Eazy's son, "Yung Eazy"--Suge Knight admitted blatantly to hiring an someone to inject Eazy with HIV-positive blood. Perhaps the Death section should be revised accordingly?

References:

1. http://creambmp.com/tmz-suge-knight-admits-he-injected-eazy-e-with-hiv-positive-blood/

2. http://www.bet.com/news/music/2015/08/25/eazy-e-s-son-says-suge-knight-not-hiv-killed-his-dad.html მაLiphradicusEpicusთე 08:47, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Reference [11] (swindle magazine)

"Wright allegedly lost his virginity at the age of twelve, and his promiscuous behavior resulted in not only the fatal disease, but also in seven children with six different women." One of the references is to some mock for-sale website — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.124.210.174 (talk) 21:05, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Archival

It's probably time to create a new archive. I'll move all discussions with no replies in several weeks to Archive 4 and leave more recent discussions. MB298 (talk) 00:54, 13 December 2015 (UTC)