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[WATCH] IG Model Finds Out She Has AIDS After Going Untested For Almost A Decade

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According to several confirmed reports, a Brooklyn-based Instagram model that made her acquaintance with several well known celebrities, revealed on social media that she almost died from AIDS after being infected by the virus almost ten years ago.

Gina Tew said she dropped down to 65 lbs., lost her sight in one eye as well as her ability to walk. medical advances in AIDS treatment has brought Tew back to almost a full recovery, but the recent revelation of the 27-year-old’s experience has gone viral, bringing many celebs who were romantically linked to Tew under the microscope of public opinion.

Tew is known to be linked to artists like Chief Keef, Chris Brown and Nick Cannon just to name a few.

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Today in Hip-Hop History: Eazy E Diagnosed With AIDS 25 Years Ago

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On this date in 1995, Eric “Eazy E” Wright was diagnosed with the deadly AIDS virus and announced the diagnosis via his record label Ruthless Records.

In 1986 Eazy-E went into business with Jerry Heller to create Ruthless Records. It’s often told that Wright used up to $250,000 of his own money –which he made in the streets– to fund this endeavor. Because of this, as Jerry Heller mentioned in his memoir titled, Ruthless, Eazy-E owned 80% of the rights to the company.

Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.

Nine short years after, 1995 to be exact, the world would lose Eric “Eazy-E” Wright to complications from AIDS. Eazy had only been diagnosed with the virus for two weeks when he made it known to the public. Ten days later, the N.W.A. founder succumbed to the disease.

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Too $hort Isn’t Convinced Eazy-E Died From AIDS

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Too $hort has enjoyed one of Hip-Hop’s longest career streaks and is set to drop a new project early next month. While in New York at a strip club no less, Short Dog seems to suggest that N.W.A. founding member Eazy-E didn’t die of complications from AIDS as has been widely reported over the years.

Page Six caught up with the rapper born Todd Shaw at Sapphire’s Gentlemen’s Club for an appearance and in support of his upcoming project The Pimp Tape. During the chat, Short essentially said that he doesn’t believe AIDS is what ended Eazy-E’s life in 1995.

From Page Six:

“I did not used to hang out with Dr. Dre,” $hort said. “After the show, Eazy-E would go places . . . we are going out chasing women. Dre wasn’t even really into that, even back then. Eazy was my homie. We ran together, we did the strip clubs.”

Eazy died of complication from AIDS in 1995, but $hort told us, “I don’t necessarily agree.”

He added, cryptically, “I don’t really want to get into that right now. But that is not how I think it happened. I just like to think of it like this: Since you brought up Eazy-E. Let’s say if there was no Eazy-E, how does that impact hip-hop? If you had no Eazy-E, you got no NWA, no Dr. Dre, no Ice Cube, no Tupac Death Row years . . .

Too $hort’s claim appears to be the first such ever made regarding Eric “Eazy-E” Wright’s passing. He was 30 at the time.

The Pimp Tape drops on Nov. 9.

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