He talked the talk; he walked the walk. Eazy-E knew first hand the life of a gangsta from the streets of Compton. Been there, done that. No one could fool him and few tried. But there were other sides of Eazy's personality that sometimes made the headlines and sometimes did not. Eric Wright loved children. He would talk to them, not down to them. Few knew that he contributed large amounts of money to charities that directly affected the lives of children in need physically, financially or both. And kids loved him. No, not because he was Eazy-E, rap star, but because he was a good man. Children often have a way of cutting through the bull. He stood up for what he believed in and in typical Eric fashion, it didn't have to be the most popular cause and most of the time it wasn't. When he stood up for police officer Theodore Briseno, who was involved in the Rodney King beating, people were shocked. According to Eric: He was the only one I saw who was trying to stop the beating. That lead some critics to call him a sell out, but Eric could have cared less. He believed in it, so he did it. It was really that simple. He also wanted to shoot his videos about Compton in Compton. The City Council had other ideas becasue they didn't like the way Compton was being portrayed across the nation. Eric's documentary-style videos showed the life he knew with all the grim realities and that wasn't popular with the city fathers. So, Eric went to a council meeting to convince them and also brought along some news crews cameras and reporters. Eric could be as kind-hearted as he was tough, as gentle as he was hard, and those who were in his circle of friends, loved him. And so did his fans. There are a lot of unknown people who have wonderful memories of Eazy-E because he touched their lives. And if you touch one person's life and change it for the better, isn't that what we are all here for? Eric Weright, aka Eazy-E, was a man of many sides. And when he died on March 16, 1995, we lost not just the originator of gangsta rap, the founder of N.W.A. and the CEO of Ruthless Records, but a man who gave back to his community and the world.