It has been 15 years since Eric Wright passed away due to complications from AIDS. His contributions to Hip Hop are significant beginning with N.W.A. They shook the world up with their hardcore lyrics and political messages. Easy also put one of my favorite groups on (Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony)in the early 90's. For many AIDS wasn't real until Eazy passed. Magic Johnson's announcement of the illness did not effect us like Eazy because he was considered healthy "with no detectable level of the virus." (I think Johnson's claim was a scam for pharmaceutical companies to make money. Take these expensive $#% drugs and you too can live. Remember how only the wealthy could afford that cocktail? That's another story.) Sadly, enough Eazy's death was a reality check that did not last long. You have artists like 50 Cent running around saying, "I would marry Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Rihanna in Africa, I'd have 3 wives! And I would avoid wearing condoms and have really big families!" People have selective hearing. "Avoid wearing condoms and have really big families" stands out. Freedom of speech is a wonderful right, but we need to be more responsible when our ideas are presented to the public. It makes me wonder... Has the new generation of HH forgotten Eazy's fatal lesson?
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