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came largely from Jackson’s sharp writing and Young’s innovative production. Though Wright was the instigator, most critics felt that the success of N.W.A. by recruiting Jackson, Young, Lorenzo Patterson (M.C. In 1988 he founded the independent Ruthless Records and released “Eazy Does It,” which sold 500,000 copies. In interviews, Wright often said he took to rap purely as a business venture because it was more lucrative and less risky than his previous profession: drug dealing. I sent them the money because I was curious.” “I’m not a registered Republican or Democrat. “It’s kind of wild, isn’t it?” said Wright at the time, noting that a $2,500 donation to the GOP was required to attend. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), who got Wright’s name from a list of contributors to such charities as the Make a Wish Foundation. Perhaps the most unlikely twist to his story came in 1991, when he attended a Republican “Inner Circle” luncheon with then-President George Bush. Last year, Wright was named by police as one target of an alleged murder plot by white supremacists. Young and cohort Snoop Doggy Dogg ridiculed Heller and Wright with unflattering portrayals in the 1993 video for the Dr. Dre) and Oshea Jackson (Ice Cube), who accused Wright and his manager, Jerry Heller, of bad-faith dealings concerning N.W.A. Wright had already been involved in a war of words with former N.W.A. Briseno, one of the officers charged in the King case, because “he was the only one I saw who was trying to stop the beating,” Wright was branded a “sell-out” by many in the rap community. people might look differently on the situation,” he told The Times.īut when Wright later supported Theodore J. “We were criticized a lot when we first released that song, but I guess now after what happened. Two years later, after the police beating of Rodney G. But Wright defended the raps as documentary-like reflections of the reality of ghetto life. was also widely criticized for its graphic depictions of urban violence and rage, and its misogynistic lyrics. shows, which in turn helped solidify the group’s status as outlaw heroes in the rap world.
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Further tensions with police officers around the country led to many cancellations of N.W.A. when the song “F- tha Police,” from the album “Straight Outta Compton,” prompted an FBI official to send the group a threatening letter. The Compton native burst into national consciousness in 1989 as the co-founder of the rap group N.W.A. In the hospital, he married Wood, with whom he had a 1-year-old son.įans who learned of his condition flooded the hospital with more calls than were received from fans of Lucille Ball when she was dying, Correia said. He did not reveal how he contracted the disease, but acknowledged numerous sexual partners and had seven children with six different women. It was only then, he said in a statement, that he learned he had AIDS.