I may not seem like a guy you would pick to preach a sermon. But I feel it is now time to testify because I do have folks who care about me hearing all kinds of stuff about what’s up.” “Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on — but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone... 

Ruthless Records Above The Law isn’t about being outside the law, its about being superior to it mentally. Above the Law is Hutch aka Cold 187um, KMG and Total K-Oss. Together they paved a road of constructive ideals for their peers by tearing others down. They were focused on turning a negative into a positive. They began as gangsta rappers, telling stories about the lifestyle they knew best on their debut LP, Livin’ Like Hustlers. Then... 

On March 15, Eric “Eazy-E” Wright lay in the intensive care unit of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 31 years old and fighting for his life. Heavily sedated, Eazy-E had a respirator tube running down his throat to help him breathe. In the cramped, fluorescent-lit room, a few close friends and Tomica Woods-his new wife and the mother of his youngest son-gathered around his bed.”We told him we loved him, ” says... 

Ruthless Records was formed as a vehicle for releases by N.W.A., as well as member and founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright; its first successful single was Eazy’s “Boyz-n-the-Hood”, followed by N.W.A.’s “Dopeman” and “8-Ball”, introductory to the group’s N.W.A. and the Posse, a compilation album released under the group’s name, albeit not on Ruthless. It also put out singles by underground... 

Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1963 – March 26, 1995), better known by his stage name Eazy-E, who performed solo and in the hip hop group N.W.A. Wright was born to Richard and Kathie Wright in Compton, California. After dropping out of high school in the tenth grade, he supported himself primarily by selling drugs. He invested in the record company Ruthless Records, which he would co-found with Jerry Heller in 1983. When Ruthless artists Dr. Dre...