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Eazy-E was an American rapper with an estimated net worth of $8 million. He gained most of his wealth while performing with hip-hop group NWA and some portion of it while performing solo.
Eazy E was born in 1963 with real name Eric Lynn Wright and grew up in Compton, Los Angeles. While he was still a teenager he founded group called NWA with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and MC Ren, which became one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. NWA released in 1988 one of the most influential and most controversial rap albums of all time called Straight Outta Compton. After Straight Outta Compton they made two more albums, until Eazy E had a feud with Dr. Dre after he left the group.
Eazy E was in diagnosed with AIDS, and he eventually died just few months later from complications from AIDS on February 24, 1995. He is being remembered as one of the most influential rap artists of all time.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988–1998 with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified platinum by RIAA and silver by BPI) | $1,060,000 |
1995 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) | $600,000 |
1994 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his compilation album Eternal E (certified gold by RIAA) | $500,000 |
1994 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (certified gold by RIAA) | $500,000 |
1992 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his EP It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) | $2,000,000 |
1991 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick (certified gold by RIAA) | $500,000 |
1990 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Niggaz4Life with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) | $2,100,000 |
1989 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the EP 100 Miles and Runnin' with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified platinum by RIAA) | $1,000,000 |
1987 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Eazy-Duz-It (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) | $2,000,000 |
1987 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Straight Outta Compton with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) | $3,800,000 |
1986 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album N.W.A. and the Posse with the California hip-hop group N.W.A. (certified gold by RIAA) | $500,000 |