# Was Eazy-E most likely gay and on the down low? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420 "2008-02-20T20:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/1 "2008-02-20T20:33:19Z")
Eazy-E is probably best remembered as the most famous mainstream rapper to die of AIDS. In an era where the majority of rap stars engaged in unsafe sex practices with a _lot_ of women, it seems odd that Eazy is the only victim. As heterosexual AIDS has turned out to be largely exaggerated in America, is it likely that Eazy engaged in homosexual behavior? On a person note, Eazy always had a particularly “gay” vibe to me; the overly-coiffed Jheri Curl, the higher and more effeminate voice, and his general demeanor. He was often the target of gay disses by other rappers. Was Eazy most likely creeping on the DL? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/2 "2008-02-20T20:41:26Z")
I’ll ask this - seriously - do you need love from an African American? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/3 "2008-02-20T20:50:49Z")
Well, Dr Dre did talk about puting his nuts on E’s tonsils while onstage rappin’ at his wack-ass concert. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/4 "2008-02-20T20:57:46Z")
Well…Eazy did have that picture of Dr. Dre dressed up as a woman. He brought it out on the Arsenio Hall show. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/5 "2008-02-20T21:41:11Z")
It is odd that he’s the only (I think) famous person to die of it who wasn’t gay, and there was never an explanation for how he got it- needle drugs not being big with those of his time and place. But he claimed to have seven kids by six different women, or six kids by seven different women, one of the two. And anyone who takes shots at his friend Dr. Dre, the first one is always “he’s gay”, so who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/6 "2008-02-20T21:43:33Z")
This is the first time I learned that Easy-E died and I listen to NWA all the time. Why doesn’t someone tell me these things? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/7 "2008-02-20T21:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] This is the first time I learned that Easy-E died and I listen to NWA all the time. Why doesn’t someone tell me these things? [/QUOTE] You’re ahead of me. This is the first time I knew there was a person called Easy-E. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/8 "2008-02-20T22:02:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] This is the first time I learned that Easy-E died and I listen to NWA all the time. Why doesn’t someone tell me these things? [/QUOTE] If you’re a fan of Biggie Smalls or Tupac, I have some bad news for you. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/9 "2008-02-20T22:09:01Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] six kids by seven different women [/QUOTE] Eazy-er Said Than Done ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/10 "2008-02-20T22:13:18Z")
It’s just that two of them gave birth in four and a half months. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/11 "2008-02-20T23:13:24Z")
I don’t know if the way he wore his hair or sang is a good qualifier for being a gay rapper. Snoop’s voice can be pretty high, if not at least soft. And the Jeri Curl thing seems more like a “pimp” thing. Quoth Snoop “I drive a Cadillac, wear my perm and am a G/ and I’m a m\*fn’ P I M P.” What do you think of [Andre 3000](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2004/04/specials/fashionablemen/andre3000.jpg)? He’s more pretty than Easy E could ever be, but I’ve never heard anyone call him gay. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/12 "2008-02-20T23:20:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] It is odd that he’s the only (I think) famous person to die of it who wasn’t gay. [/QUOTE] Arthur Ashe ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/13 "2008-02-20T23:21:17Z")
[QUOTE=jali] I’ll ask this - seriously - do you need love from an African American? [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/14 "2008-02-21T00:49:48Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] This is the first time I learned that Easy-E died and I listen to NWA all the time. Why doesn’t someone tell me these things? [/QUOTE] Dude, what about Dr. Dre? Clearly you haven’t been keeping up with him. He has a song that mentions Easy-E dying, and that came out when I was in high school. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/15 "2008-02-21T00:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW] On a person note, Eazy always had a particularly “gay” vibe to me; the overly-coiffed Jheri Curl, the higher and more effeminate voice, and his general demeanor. He was often the target of gay disses by other rappers. [/QUOTE] The eyes, you forgot about the gay eyes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/16 "2008-02-21T01:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Dude, what about Dr. Dre? Clearly you haven’t been keeping up with him. He has a song that mentions Easy-E dying, and that came out when I was in high school. [/QUOTE] But it didn’t come out when I was in high school which was up until 1991 which is basically when my music maturity level came to a smashing halt. I picked up a few new musical interests in college like Nirvana and they have done well but that was about it. I was honestly hurt by this Easy-E news. I use some of his lines like “Jock’n the Bitches, Slappin the Hoes” as an inspiration. Now I know that he didn’t really appreciate bitches or hoes and that line referred to homosexual angst instead of a man at the top of his game. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/17 "2008-02-21T02:53:03Z")
I don’t think Easy-E could keep any gayness low enough on the low down to keep it a secret. He and his crew had plenty of enemies and somebody would have outed him. I think he probably just fucked A LOT of women who had fucked A LOT of other guys. It was the 80’s, it happened a lot. I’m hella surprised that more straight rock & rollers haven’t died of AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/18 "2008-02-21T03:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] It is odd that he’s the only (I think) famous person to die of it who wasn’t gay… [/QUOTE] Isaac Asimov, Amanda Blake, Magic Johnson (still alive but not gay), John Holmes (I don’t think he did gay porn or was gay IRL), Elizabeth Glaser… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/19 "2008-02-21T03:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Arthur Ashe [/QUOTE] And Ryan White Isaac Asimov John Holmes (mostly) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420/20 "2008-02-21T03:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] John Holmes (I don’t think he did gay porn or was gay IRL), [/QUOTE] Read the part about his [last days.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmes_%28actor%29#Last_days) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eazy-e-most-likely-gay-and-on-the-down-low/438420.md?page=2)