Originally planned for release in 1995, Str8 Off Tha Streets was still in production when Eazy-E passed away on March 26, 1995, due to complications from AIDS. However, his Ruthless Records team ...

Snoop Dogg revealed that it was part of the ongoing feud at the time, which had escalated after Dre and Snoop dissed Eazy-E and Ruthless Records on their 1992 track “Dre Day” from The Chronic.

To promote N.W.A.’s initial releases, Eazy-E formed his own independent label, Ruthless Records. “Gangsta rap” songs like “Boyz-n-the-Hood” were hawked out of trunks to local DJ’s and ...