The release of the 2015 film “Straight Outta Compton,” introduced N.W.A. to an all-new generation that may have never heard of the legendary rap group before. The film showed how the group made their mark within hip-hop, before dismantling back in the 1990’s.
However, the film has encouraged many others to tell their individual stories. Recently singer Michel’le premiered her biopic on Lifetime. Now the family of the late Eazy-E is looking to tell more about his death.
According to Rolling Stone, Eazy E’s daughter Ebie started a Kickstarter to fund a documentary titled, “A Ruthless Scandal: No More Lies.” Ebie’s mother, Tracy Jernagin, and half-sister, Erica, have signed on to the film as producers.
A total of $250,000 is needed to complete the project, and so far over $2,800 has been raised. Ebie is looking to tell the truth on what she thinks really happened to her father, and also the battle for his estate.
She said, “The stories that we’re telling are mainly about the scandal surrounding my father’s death. But we also wanted to show his accomplishments, his personal life and, really, the aftermath of his demise and what happened to us. We never felt the story that was told to the public was the truth. It’s just something that has always pained us.”
In recent years many people have speculated that Suge Knight may have played a role in Eazy-E’s death after footage from a 2003 “Jimmy Kimmel Live” interview surfaced. In the interview he talked about Eazy-E possibly being injected with AIDS-infected blood.
The Kickstarter can be found here.
This project sounds very revealing. Roommates what are your thoughts?
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