Gangsta rapper Eazy-E: Our Final Meeting [Explicit]

Rap mogul Eazy-E's death from AIDS complications in 1995 was a shock. Hear reactions at the time from  Wu-Tang's Method Man and others. Plus, hear my 1992 talk with Eazy while driving in Compton during the L.A. riots. 

Show notes:

I never would have predicted Eazy-E's sudden and totally unexpected death from complications related to AIDS in 1995. When I interviewed him in 1991, he even said to me specifically that he'd be very careful not to get AIDS.

As we mentioned in the episode, his death generated a lot of controversy -- most of all, this 2003 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live where Dr. Dre's former cohort Suge Knight seemed to get pleasure from hinting that he was somehow involved with Eazy-E's death.
   • Suge Knight Jokes About Eazy E's Deat...  

Back in 1992, a year after I first met him, I called Eazy-E during the L.A. riots and asked if he'd take me on a tour of the riot area for coverage in PEOPLE. Not only did he agree, but he picked me up in his Mercedes with two bodyguards in the back seat -- and we spent the day together. I know the audio quality of my tapes is not perfect. But it was such an unusual angle on a major event that I decided to include as much as I could in the episode.

Thirty years after the riots, some of the details may have dimmed for those who watched it on the news. So here's a clip from CBS that captures some of the violence and destruction:
   • LA riots: How days of violence change...  


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