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Eazy-E (Musician)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95024969

Fuller Name

Eric Lynn

Variants

E, Easy
Easy Eric
Wright, Eric, 1964-1995
Wright, Eric, 1963-1995

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n95024969

Identifies RWO

Birth Date
Death Date
Birth Place
Associated Language
Field of Activity
Rap (Music)

Occupation
Rap musicians
Sound recording executives and producers

Additional Related Forms

N.W.A. (Musical group)

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++95024969#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Eazy-E Label from public data source Wikidata
Eazy-E (Musician)

Earlier Established Forms

Wright, Eric, 1963-1995

Sources

found: Eazy-duz-it, p1988:label (Eazy-E)

found: Eazy-E (Musician). Str8 off tha streetz of muthaphukkin Compton [SR], p1996:label (Eazy-E) container (Eric (Eazy-E) Wright)

found: Original, p1986:label (Easy Eric)

found: The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music, 1995:(Eazy E ; born Eric Wright in Compton, Calif. ; died Mar. 26, 1995)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 25 June 2021(Eazy-E ; Eric Lynn Wright ; born September 7, 1964 ; died March 26, 1995 at Los Angeles, Calif. ; although most obituaries list his birth year as 1963, that is likely inaccurate ; American rapper and record producer)

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Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Change Notes

1995-03-14: new
2021-06-29: revised

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