When kids dress up for Halloween they usually don costumes of their favorite cartoon characters. But these cool kiddies took it to the next level and dressed up like their favorite rappers and singers.
Rapper Frost recently raised eyebrows with his claim that Eazy-E’s death from AIDS was the result of him being infected with HIV-infused acupuncture needles. However, a microbiologist has come forward to debunk the conspiracy theory that acupuncture was how the late rapper contracted the HIV virus.
The late Eazy-E made his posthumous return at the 2013 Rock the Bells festival in San Bernardino, Calif., Saturday (Sept. 7). The hologram of the Compton rapper performed with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on what would have been his 50th birthday.
When the lineup for this year's Rock the Bells music festival was announced, some fans were shocked by the news that Ol' Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E were being resurrected for virtual performances.
Hip-hop touring festival Rock the Bells will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year with all-star roster of rappers including Wu-Tang Clan, Common, Kid Cudi, Rakim, Big K.R.I.T., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Tyler, the Creator.
The late N.W.A. member died in 1995, from complications with AIDS, but this 1992 interview -- Stern's first real brush with hip-hop celebrity -- is said by many to be a premonition. Stern questions the rapper about his active sex life, the riskiness of it all and Eazy-E then claims to have never used condoms or never worried about AIDS...
Eazy E, considered to be the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap," relied on unabashed storytelling of his street-centric ways to advance a solo career and lyrical work as part of N.W.A. While his feud with Dr. Dre thrust him even further into hip-hop's eye, it's Eazy's legacy as a '90s rap pioneer that cemented his position in the culture even after his passing...