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March 30, 1995
Pioneer ‘gangsta’ rapper|
dies after battle with AIDS |
by Kiki Kapsambelis
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES
Eazy-E, whose rap group N.W.A.
sold millions of records and an
gered the FBI by pioneering the
hard-core “gangsta” rap sound,
died just 10 days after revealing
he had AIDS. He was 31.
The rapper, whose real name
was Eric Wright, was a former
drug dealer who claimed to have
fathered seven children by six dif
ferent women. He probably con
tracted the virus through hetero
sexual contact, his doctor said.
Wright died Sunday night at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with
his wife, Tomika, and mother by
his side, Dr. William Young said.
He was hospitalized Feb. 24 for
what he thought was asthma.
Tests showed he had AIDS. He
lost his ability to communicate
several days ago, Young said.
Wright said he did not have ho
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be the goal. ... Do you become a
colorblind society by dividing peo
ple by race?”
Patrick told the House Em
ployer-Employee Relations
Subcommittee that Clinton’s
objective is to “determine, to
the best of our capability,
what works and what does not
today.” He declined to discuss
any details.
Tyson keeping low profile
B Speculations
abound, but Tyson
not saying much
about his plans since
his release from jail.
SOUTHINGTON, Ohio
(AP) As Mike Tyson kept a low
profile at his northeastern Ohio
home, questions were raised about
his future with Don King, his
marital status and his fight sched
ule.
Reports published in New York
and London suggested that Tyson
had dumped King as his promot
er, that Tyson may have married
his girlfriend in a secret prison
ceremony and that he might fight
in July in England.
The fans and protesters were
gone Monday from his 66-acre
farm, but about 15 reporters were
staked out across the road.
Tyson, who served three years
of a six-year sentence for raping
beauty contestant Desiree Wash
ington in Indianapolis in 1991,
issued a briefstatement Saturday
saying he would “have moreto say
in the future.”
But the statement did not spec
ify a time and there was no evi
dence Monday that Tyson planned
to appear in public soon.
Tyson was to check in by tele
phone with his probation officer
in Youngstown on Monday but
would not have to appear in per
son, Ohio authorities said.
Joe Andrews, a spokesman for
the Department of Rehabilitation
and Correction, said Tyson and
his probation officer would work
out a time and place to meet. The
arrangements would not be made
public, Andrews said.
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of billions of dollars in taxes, since
reduced revenues could swell the
federal deficit. A larger deficit
might force the federal govern
ment to sell more bonds to fund
operations, and increased supply
reduces the value of securities al
ready sold.
Still, recent days have under
scored the uncertainty. On Tues
day, nearly half of all House Re
publicansbrokerankstourgetheir
leaders to scale back a proposed
SSOO-a-child tax cut to families
that was criticized by Democrats
as a giveaway to wealthy people.
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mosexual relations or use intra
venous drugs, so he “must have
contracted AIDS through hetero
sexual contact,” Young said.
Born in the grim Los Angeles
suburb of Compton, Wright
brought a brutal vision of Los
Angeles-area ghetto life to popu- |
lar art. :
“Eazy made an impact on rap }
music and hip-hop culture that |
will always be felt,” said Sheena |
Lester, executive editor of the |
magazine Rap Pages. ;
N.W.A,, which stands for Niggaz |
Wit’ Attitude, scored a hit in 1988 |
with “Straight Outta Compton,” ;
which used a thumping beat to |
tell crude tales of drive-by
shootings, drugs and police ha- I
rassment. ;
The album’s foul-mouthed, !
hardcore themes knocked softer |
rap off the charts and sold more |
than 2 million copies despite lack ‘
of radio play. \
A Democratic lawmaker,
meanwhile, denounced what
he called “an apparent retreat
on affirmative action pro
grams by the federal agen
cies” and asked for “a morato
rium on all these efforts to
unravel this program.”
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md.,
cited areportin Friday’s Wall
Street Journal that race
based programs were being
scaled back or cut at the Com
merce Department, the Agri
Two New York newspapers re
ported Monday that Tyson had
thrown King out of his house after
finding a welcome home banquet
that included shellfish, pork and
champagne.
A third newspaper saia British
and French journalists were re
porting that Tyson has married
Monica Turner, 28, a medical stu
dent at Georgetown University.
In London, the Daily Mirror said
Yyson might appear on the
undercard of British heavyweight
Frank Bruno’s proposed fight
against the winner of the WBC
title bout between Oliver McCall
and Larry Holmes on April 8.
The Daily News and New York
Post reported that King — who
lives in nearby Windsor and has a
training camp in Orwell, about 20
miles from Southington — had
been ejected by Tyson on Satur
day.
Tyson apparently converted to
Islam while imprisoned. Alcohol,
shellfish and pork are forbidden
by Islamic teachings.
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Mandela’s ouster surprises backers
W Estranged wife
of South African
president had given
hope to many when
she promised them
better conditions.
By Donna Bryson
Associated Press Writer
PHOLA PARK, South Africa
(AP) Joyce Dlamini had pinned
her hopes for a better future in
this muddy squatter camp on
Winnie Mandela.
So when she learned Monday
that President Nelson Mandela
fired his estranged wife from his
government, she feared the worst.
“She’s promised us houses, clin
ics, schools,” Dlamini said. “Now,
I don’t know if it will happen.”
Mrs. Mandela has a strong fol
culture Department and the
Resolution Trust Corp. The
Justice Department now is
using a “conservative and cau
tious standard” for establish
ing such programs within the
agencies, the Journal report
ed.
“It’s a case-by-case determina
tion as to what the facts are and
what the law provides,” Justice
Department spokesman Carl
Stern said in response to Mfume’s
statements. “The standard we
bring is not a political standard; it
is what the law provides.”
“I heard from fight sources that
Don King was asked to leave,”
promoter Eddie Mustafa
Muhammad told the Daily News.
The Post said Tyson also was
angry when he found a Showtime
crew in his home, taping footage
for a documentary to be aired in
April. The newspaper said it had
been told King made a S2O million
deal with Showtime for a combi
nation of the documentary and
rights to Tyson’s first comeback
bout.
King could not be reached for
comment. A message was left at
his home Monday night. A securi
ty guard at Tyson’s farm said the
fighter would have no comment
Monday night.
New York Newsday said the
overseas reports had Tyson get
ting married in prison, possibly
when Turner visited him Friday.
But the newspaper quoted
Muhammed Siddeeq, Tyson’s Mus
lim instructor in prison, as saying
Tyson would not have asked Turner
to get married in a prison.
lowing in Phola Park, a communi
ty of ramshackle huts without
running water or electricity on
the edge of the Tokoza black town
ship southeast of Johannesburg.
People here remember Mrs.
Mandela handing out donated
blankets and hot soup, mediating
in vicious faction fighting that
swept the area in the early 19905,
and pledging toimprovetheir lives
asshe campaigned for the African
National Congress last year prior
to the nation’s first all-race elec
500 die in week of battle in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria
(AP) More than 500 Islamic
rebels died this past week in Alge
ria’s largest military operation
against guerrillas fighting to in
stall Islamic rule, sources said
today.
There was no way to reconcile
Natty dread ‘inna’ courtroom
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B Dreadlocked
lawyers in Zimbabwe
get favorable ruling
from highest court.
HARARE, Zimbabwe
~ (AP) Lawyers can wear
dreadlocks in court and in the
‘austere corridors of the nation’s
\ judicial system, the Zimbabwe
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tion.
“When times were bad, Winnie
came to Phola Park,” said Eunice
Nyaleka as neighborsnodded their
heads and called out in agree
ment. i
While expressing support for
Mrs. Mandela, residents refused
to criticize the president, perhaps
the only person more popular here
than his wife. They said she must
remain a member of the ANC and
continue to work with the govern
ment on behalf of the poor.
widely conflicting reports of casu
alties from recent fighting across
Algeria. But the report of hun
dreds of deaths in mountains west
of Algiers suggests the scale of the
militants’ operation has grown.
The fighting, reported in four
regions, also shows how deter
Supreme Court said Tuesday.
A panel of three judges said the
long plaits often worn by
Rastafarians were protected by
constitutional provisions guaran
teeing “freedom of conscience.”
The Supreme Court overturned
orders by the High Court that
lawyer Munyaradzi Gwisai chop
off his dreadlocks. Judge
Vernanda Ziyambi refused to al
low Gwisai to appear in her court
in 1993, calling him “unkempt.”
Albert Booysens said Mandela
and his advisers should have found
lanotherwnytodealwiththeprob
em.
“If she had made a mistake, they
should have sat down to talk with
her,” Booysens said. “You must
make peace.”
Winnie Mandela served as the
Deputy Minister of Arts, Cul
ture, Science and Technology.
Her termination was effective
immediately.
mined President Liamine Zeroual
is to crush the militants before
elections planned for later this
-year.
In Washington, Secretary of
State Warren Christopher said
the violence in Algeria was a mat
ter of great concern to the U.S.
Gwisai said he was a
Rastafarian and the hair style
conformed with his religious and
political beliefs. He was barred
from working in the courts, and
has taught in a university law
department since 1993.
The Supreme Court agreed
Rastafarianism was “a system of
cultural and philosophical be
liefs” accepted as a religion in
many parts of the world.