Easy E

In 1979, Easy E said in his rap song- 'don't get high off your own supply'.
Later, Biggy quoted that from Easy in his own rap, The Ten Crack Commandments.
News analysts sometimes know a lot about late rap, but they don't seem to know a lot about who Biggy, and
Tupac and Snoop listened to when they were developing their styles.
As it turns out, not only Easy, but all the other NWA artists became stars again on their own.
Those guys were singing about life. And this multi billion dollar industry has an evolutionary and derivative history.