Was eazy e gay

All Rights Reserved. Terms of use and Your privacy. You can watch parts of the concert below and on YouTube :. Jackson , a former Elektra Records manager who worked at the concert, about the groundbreaking event and his own experiences as a Black gay man working in the homophobic world of hip-hop.

But Seriously, How Did Eazy-E Get HIV?

Rapper Frost Says He Knows How Eazy-E Contracted AIDS

Honey, Eazy-E's sexual orientation is none of our business, and frankly, it doesn't matter. What matters is his contributions to the music industry and his impact on hip-hop culture. Let's focus on the music and leave the gossip at the door. How can a song be gay? Their bassist, Michael Steele, is likely gay.

Why Eazy-E’s Death Still Can’t Make Hip-Hop Talk About AIDS

His passing, and the public announcement of his condition just months beforehand, brought HIV and AIDS out of their stigmatized confines and into the streets. Cube makes a very real point: More than 1. The rate of new HIV infection for African Americans is eight times higher than that of whites based on population size, and in accounted for 44 percent of all new HIV infections, despite representing just 12 percent of the US population.