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MC Eiht
Birth name	Aaron Tyler
Born	May 22, 1967 (1967-05-22) (age 40)
Origin	Compton, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, G-funk
Years active	1987-present
Label(s)	Orpheus (1990-2005) Epic (1990-1996) Hoo Bangin'/Priority (1998-2000) Doggystyle (2006-)
Associated acts	Compton's Most Wanted The Warzone Spice 1

Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1967 in Compton, California), better known by his stage name MC Eiht is an American gangsta rapper. He is also member of the rap group Compton's Most Wanted, and is also considered one of the pioneers of West Coast gangsta rap.

Tyler grew to fame on the West Coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted. After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's Music to Driveby, Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. The movie spurred him into a solo career, although his next two albums We Come Strapped and Death Threatz would be accredited as MC Eiht featuring Compton's Most Wanted.

Eiht would be offered roles in several movies, including "Rodney Dangerfield movie" and "Money Talks" with Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen, but turned them down. He states he didn't want to move off into comedy films. The only movies he ended up appearing in would be low-budget movies "Reasons," "Thicker Than Water" and "Who Made the Potatoe Salad?" as well as providing the voice for Ryder in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas^[1]

From 1990 to 1996, MC Eiht and Compton producer-rapper DJ Quik had an on-running rivalry. The beef sparked when Quik name-dropped Compton's Most Wanted on a mixtape, which Eiht interpreted as a diss. Several tracks were recorded: Quik's "Dollaz + Sense", a series of songs called "Def Wish" which were four parts by Eiht, and several others by both artists. This sparked physical conflicts between friends of both artists, and Snoop Dogg finally brought the two together using his connections with both artists and ended the disagreement. After the 1996 album Death Threatz, Eiht grew dissatisfied with his record label Epic and turned down a $1.5 million, 5-album extension of his contract.

He put out Last Man Standing, the first album accredited only to MC Eiht, then broke from the label for Big Beat/Atlantic. Eiht never ended up putting out an album on the label, instead eventually signing to and releasing the album Section 8 on Priority in 1999. ^[2] Eiht would hop between record labels and one-off releases in the next years, moving between independent labels Half-Ounce, D3 Entertainment, and Lookin' Up Entertainment from 2001 to 2003. He would put out records with Spice 1 and Brotha Lynch Hung in 2004 and 2006 on Real Talk Entertainment, releasing another solo album between them on West Inc./Native Records. His inability to settle at a label contributed to his joining The Warzone, a trio put together by Snoop Dogg and consisting of Goldie Loc, Kam and MC Eiht himself. In 2006, Eiht and the group appeared on the single "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" on Snoop Dogg's album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

Main article: MC Eiht discography

• 1994: We Come Strapped
• 1997: Last Man Standing
• 1999: Section 8
• 2000: N' My Neighborhood
• 2001: Tha8t'z Gangsta
• 2002: Underground Hero
• 2003: Hood Arrest
• 2004: Veterans Day
• 2006: Affiliated
• 2007: Representin'

• MC Eiht at Internet Movie Database
• MC Eiht at MySpace