5) Ice Cube Ice Cube is renowned as a rapper and actor. As a founding member of N.W.A., he wrote most of Eazy-E's lyrics and some of Dr. Dre's for the album "Straight Outta Compton." ...

It matches the iconic photo of the “Boyz-n-the-Hood” rapper asleep during a recording session years ago. Actress Jessica Chastain slams airline over $15 credit ...

The daughter of the late rapper Eazy-E is paying homage to her father with the next generation. Henree Cherron Wright, who goes by the name ReeMarkable, welcomed a baby boy on Sept. 7, which is the… ...

Jelly Roll was recently performing at 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball Concert, in Dallas, Texas, when he decided to go off the cuff and start covering Eazy-E's 1987 rap song, "Boyz-N-Tha Hood." ...

Decades after Wright and N.W.A helped put the city on the map with the chart-topping single “Boyz N the Hood,” Eazy-E was celebrated Wednesday with an honor befitting someone who loved to ...

Decades after Wright and N.W.A helped put the city on the map with the chart-topping single “Boyz N the Hood,” Eazy-E was celebrated Wednesday with an honor befitting someone who loved to ...

Eazy-E, whose real name was Eric Lynn Wright, was born and raised in Compton before he rocketed to stardom in the late 1980s with N.W.A. The group consisted of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren ...

But Eazy-E never needed convincing to stump for Compton, California, his hometown that was put on the map by him, Cube, and the rest of N.W.A.

This West Coast hip-hop renaissance lasted a few years, giving rise to regional giants like Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Ice-T and Snoop Dogg — “it was the golden age of hip-hop,” Williams says.

Named for Eazy-E's 1987 song, "Boyz-N-the-Hood" tracks a young boy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who is sent to live with his no-nonsense father (Laurence Fishburne) in South Central Los Angeles, where he's ...

More than 35 years after N.W.A's debut single, "Boyz-n-the-Hood," it's difficult to overstate their impact, especially when considering the moguldom of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.

46. Eazy-E – “Boyz-n-the-hood” (1987) One of the foundational songs of west coast rap, “Boyz-n-the-hood,” actually began its life as a failed attempt at an east coast rap song.