The complete dissolution of N.W.A. took place in 1991, when allegations arose that Eazy-E had signed over the group’s contracts to Ruthless Records while holding on to a portion of N.W.A.’s publishing rights behind the group’s back. The N.W.A. fallout—starting with Ice Cube’s departure—began a series of events that would define the West Coast hip-hop moment of the early 1990s.
