Claim: Eazy-E was part of a hip hop group.
Evidence: Eric Lynn Wright -LRB- September 7 , 1964March 26 , 1995 -RRB- , better known by his stage name Eazy-E , was an American rapper who performed solo and in the hip hop group N.W.A. Wright is affectionately called `` The Godfather of Gangsta rap ''.