1. Where Are They Now?
Dr. Dre struck outon hisownafter the group'sfinal album, Niggaz4Life,droppedin1991. He hada
successful solocareerbefore shiftingtofocus fundamentally onproduction,mentoringup-and-
comingartistsincludingEminemand50 Cent.Hissignature line of headphones,"BeatsbyDre,"was
recentlyacquiredbyApple.He andIce Cube are currentlyworkingonthe biopicStraightOutta
Comptonthe NWA movie.
Hard as it mightbe to believe,anyone bornafter1980 likelyconsidersCube anactor firstanda
rappersecond.He'sreleasedseveralsoloalbumssince N.W.A.separated,butnone matchedthe
commercial orcritical successof the group'srecords.His cutting-edge film, '22JumpStreet,'topped
the box office whenitopenedonJune 13 and isalsoworkingalongwithDr. Dre and producerF Gary
Gray on the biopicStraightOuttaComptonthe NWA movie.
DJ Yelladroppedhisownsoloalbumin1996, five yearsafterthe group split.Shortlythereafter,he
retiredfrommusicto focusona careerdirectingadultfilms.He hasreportedlyunretiredfrommusic
and issaidto be workingonan albumcalled'WestCoastin.'
MC Renhad successas a soloartistin the early90s โ his 1992 EP "KizzMy BlackAzz" went
platinum.He releasedfourmore studioalbumsoverthe nexttwodecadesandrecentlyreleaseda
newsingle,'RebelMusic.'
Deathof Eazy E
On February24, 1995, Eazy-E wasadmittedto the Cedars-Sinai Medical CentreinLosAngeleswith
whathe supposedlytobe asthma.Insteadhe wasdiagnosedwithAIDS.He announcedhisillnessina
publicstatementonMarch 16. Eazy's sexual activitybeganatthe age of twelve andresultedinnot
onlya lethal disease,butalsoinsevenchildrenwithsix differentwomen.He dieddue to
complicationsfromAIDSone monthafterhisdiagnosis,onMarch26, 1995, at approximately6:35
PM(PacificTime).He was31 yearsold.Duringthe weekof March 20, havingalreadymade amends
withDr. Dre andSnoopDogg, Eazy-E draftedhislastmessage to fans,"A few timesIuseda condom,
but mostof the times,Ididit withoutone,andIain't gay".One weekafterthe release of that
message,Eazysuccumbedtothe disease.EazywasburiedatRose Hills Memorial ParkinWhittier,
California.InNovember1995, eightmonthsafterEazy-E'sdeath,hisfinal album, Str8off tha Streetz
of MuthaphukkinComptonwasreleased.