Hip Hop fans have been educating themselves and learning for the first time about—the life and death of Eazy-E thanks to a new docuseries. The gangster rap icon exploded on the music scene back in the 1980s as he and his Los Angeles peers, including Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, began to make noise, and soon, their group N.W.A. were instrumental in putting Compton on the map worldwide. They boomed on the charts, toured the world, and engaged in beefs that are still talked about today, however in 1995, the world was stunned when news circulated that Eazy-E had been hospitalized. Soon, it was revealed that he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Just a month later, he reportedly died of AIDS-related pneumonia.
His daughter, Ebie, has helped produce The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E, a WEtv docuseries that has revealed little or unknown facts about her father's career, as well as investigating conspiracies about his death.