A Ruthless Life • Eazy-E & Aaliyah

Arsenio Hall

"Our next guest is straight outta Compton. Some people call him the Godfather of gangsta rap. Everyone please welcome Compton's very own, Eazy-E."

The crowd gave me a nice, warm welcome.
I decided to come to the interview in my robe, boxers, Compton hat, locs and barefoot. Arsenio laughed his ass off but I was serious as hell.

"What's up man?" he asked as I sat on the couch.

            "Nothing much," I replied.

           "It's great to have you here E. Now be honest with me. Is there any misconception about Eazy-E that you would like clear up? Cause we hear so much, we see so much. What would you like to say about Eazy?" 

"Let me see, first of all I want to start off with those studio gangstas out there that been talking-"

Arsenio then interrupted. "Wait wait, what's a studio gangsta? I just want you to define it for middle America; a studio gangsta." 

"It's somebody that's not real. They go into the studio and all of a sudden become hard when they used to do dance music," I said with a smirk. The crowd cheered me on.

I continued, "I'll tell you more about it later. But dont believe anything they say, talking bout I ganked them and all that. So never believe everything you hear."

          "Okay okay," he said while laughing. "By the way your feet are funny."

          "I'm just comfortable man," I said. 

"So Eazy, I had no idea that you make money off product from Dr. Dre and Snoop. How did that work out?" he asked.

           "Well long story short, I had Dre signed as exclusive producer and exclusive artist. So when Dre tried to make a deal with Interscope I was included for the next 6 years. So basically you can diss me all you want cause I'm still gonna get paid. That's why I say Dre day is only Eazy's payday, and that's real."

       "Why dont yall just make up?" he asked.

            "He already made up. You aint never seen him with the lipstick and lace? "

            "Well what I meant was, why wont yall just call each other and just squash the whole beef?" 

I replied, "if I get dissed by someone in front of millions of people, I wouldn't want to make up. But business is business you know."

          "So would you still work with him? Would you still record a track with Dre without being cool with each other?" he asked.

          "Would I still work with Dre? Yeah, for the money."

After the interview, I performed Real Compton City G's live on stage.