Eazy-E

The rapper born Eric Wright was negligibly taller than Gary Coleman, sported a Jheri curl greasier than cheap pizza, and rapped about being a hardcore gangsta in a laughable pipsqueak monotone -- yet as Eazy-E, the N.W.A member became a bona fide hip-hop icon. Eazy got by more on charisma and pottymouthed humor than by actual rapping talent or creative inspiration, which made for some spotty solo ...