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The Eazy-E Death Conspiracy: Was the N.W.A Rapper Injected with HIV?

BEHIND THE MUSIC

It’s one of hip-hop’s greatest unsolved mysteries: N.W.A founding member Eazy-E died of AIDS, but his decline came out of the blue, and none of his relatives are HIV-positive.

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Straight Outta Compton, the box office-breaking August release, is proving to be as controversial in 2015 as N.W.A was in the ‘90s. First, the hip-hop chronicle sparked a renewed outrage over music industry heavyweight Dr.

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