On this day in Hip Hop history Eazy-E releases his second solo EP It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa. Released one year after his first EP and a long five years after his debut album Eazy-Duz-It, this ...

For Eazy-E, the concept of gangsta rap was fully formed in his mind. By 1986, the genre, which nobody then called “gang­sta rap” (“reality rap,” please) had begun to sprout in L.A. by way of Ice-T's ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When Eazy-E’s daughter, Erin Bria Wright (who goes by E.B.), decided to ...

This year, Kendrick Lamar has acknowledged his influences by interviewing Quincy Jones and the surviving members of N.W.A, and writing a short note about 2Pac on his website. (An archival interview ...