The game of Hip-Hop has definitely changed over the last 15 years, but one thing is for certain on this day (March 26) in 1995 we lost a real pioneer.
Eric “Eazy-E” Wright was more than a gangster, he along with his N.W.A. counterparts helped birth a movement that established not only a coast in the game, but redefined Hip-Hop as we knew it.
In a time where originality was the key to success, N.W.A exploded on the game giving people everywhere a glimpse of what it was like growing up in Compton, California.

Checkout the throwback vid after the jump: