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MC Eiht (born Aaron Tyler; May 22, 1967 in Compton, California) is one of the pioneers of gangsta rap with ties to the Crips street gang. He first emerged as one of the lead rappers of Compton's Most Wanted (CMW). He then became an actor and solo MC. He is best known in the acting world for his role as "A-Wax" in The Hughes Brothers' film "Menace II Society", and for providing the voice of "Ryder" in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MC+Eiht">Read
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- “Interviewed in the mid-1990s, Richard Price, author of the novel Clockers and, with Spike Lee, co-author of the screenplay for its film adaptation, addresses the social basis on which young black people are represented in the film:”
- “I wouldn’t say it was on a negative — back in the days, when I was having my little spat with Quik — this is way before we got cool […] Back in my heyday, I was a Crip; he was a Blood. Suge and them was Bloods. That was just the nature of Compton.”
- “He told me to pull over and a couple of dudes walked up on my car, and he just wanted to tell me as far as the situation that was going down with me and Quik, the affiliations, it wouldn’t be trickled over into my mom’s place of residence.”
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- www.mceiht.com
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- date of birth
- 1971-05-22
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
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- MC Eiht
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- MC Eiht
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