FLASHES

BAD RAP? It's not easy being Eazy-E. The rapper, a.k.a. Eric Wright, a founding member of the group N.W.A, is unhappy that former band members-Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and M.C. Ren-are rumored to be recording a reunion album under the name N.W.E, for Niggas Without Eazy (they claim Eazy-E bilked them out of royalties). According to a source, "Eazy offered Cube $1 million not to do it, but Cube turned it down." Eazy-E's manager, Jerry Heller, says the story is "not true." As if the rumor weren't enough, Eazy-E and Heller are mocked in Dre's new video, "Dre Day," which ends with an Eazy-E impersonator holding up a placard that reads "Will Rap for Food." -Heidi Siegmund