THE TIME LINE OF EASY-E

IN RELATION TO N.W.ABy Jeremy Brown

SEPTEMBER 7, 1963 Eric Wright, a.k.a. Eazy-E was born in Compton

WINTER 1979  Eazy-E drops out of high school in 10th grade. He later returned to receive his GED

MARCH 3, 1987 

Eazy-E meets Jerry Heller at a record-pressing plant in Hollywood. Heller hears a sample of Eazy-E's music and the two become partners, launching Ruthless Records.

1986:N.W.A. is unofficially formed with members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Arabian Prince and DJ Yella.

1988:

N.W.A. Comes out with firs disk straight outta compton

1989

August 20:  The D.O.C. falls asleep while behind the wheel of a car and gets into a serious accident. He loses his voice as a result of the accident.

June 19   Members of N.W.A are arrested for performing "Fuck Tha Police" on stage.

August:  A 16 year old woman says that she was raped after a concert in Birmingham, Alaska. In a later civil suit she claims she had a daughter as a result of being raped by N.W.A. member Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson on a tour bus after the concert.

September  FBI sends a letter to Ruthless Records and its parent company Priority Records, warning the group that the agency didn't take kindly to the single "Fuck Tha Police"

December  Ice Cube leaves N.W.A. after financial problems and several conflicts with their manager Jerry Heller and Eazy-E.

1990

August:  N.W.A. releases EP 100 Miles And Runnin', which eventually sells

500,000 copies.

1991

Ice Cube reunites with Dr. Dre  Dr. Dre and Ice Cube put out Natural Born Killaz.  Eazy-E passes away due to complications with the A.I.D.S. virus.  MC Ren joins Dr. Dre and Ice Cube in Miami  They record a song called "This is the Final Cut" as a way to bring back their notoriety  

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1994:

Dr. Dre and the group reunite with Yella live on stage and begin touring with Eminem and Snoop Dogg