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That's why the most important news last month was that rap singer Eazy-E (a.k.a. Eric Wright) had died March 26 of complications of AIDS...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

...many, Wright was a hateful figure. His death, with his parents, new wife and a personal security representative from the Nation of Islam by his side, will do nothing to dispel that notion for some...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

...Wright, a poet from the bad neighborhoods of Compton, was a prophet. In 1989, the group N.W.A., which he co-founded, produced one of the most important songs of the past decade, "Fuck tha Police," Police officers around the country objected strongly to the song; an FBI official sent N.W.A. a threatening letter...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

...song was no love ballad. Its images were graphic, and many of the lyrics on the album, "Straight Outta Compton," were downright misogynist. But Wright was dead on in describing the rage minorities feel, often justifiably, towards law enforcement. After the Los Angeles riots bore out his point, Wright told the L.A. Times: "We were criticized a lot when we first released that song, but I guess now after what happened...people might look differently on the situation...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

...have to decide if we even want to bring Chris Rock later," Coffey said. "Or if we want to pay the Steven Wright price, or just put it all off until next year...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Plans Fail for U.C. Comedy Performance | 4/4/1995 | See Source »

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