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eo. ae ® U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation In Reply, Please Refer to 11000 Wilshire Blvd. File No. Los Angeles, CA 90024 HEREDN 19 UNCLASSIFIED DATE IO\AGD — BSANCEUONSE | > February 12, 1997 WAS ET AL TUPAC SHAKUR - VICTIM (DECEASED) ; bic ERIC WRIGHT, AKA EAZY-E - VICTIM (DECEASED) ; ACT OF TERRORISM DOMESTIC TERRORISM - DEATH THREATS OFFICE OF ORIGIN: LOS ANGELES b? O All informants mentioned herein have provided reliable information in the past. Date Investigative Summary Prepared: February 5, 1997. On October 17, 1996, a preliminary inquiry (PI) was initiated at Los Angeles Field Office to corroborate source information cha a known organized crime figure, along with a group of unidentified individuals are utilizing death threats in the furtherance of extortion attempts targeted towards two former prominent rap musicians from the Los Angeles area and other victims yet unidentified. and others yet unidentified have been extorting money from Various rap music stars via death threats. The scheme involves b2 and other subjects making telephonic death threats to the b7D rap star. Subjects then intercede by contacting the victim and bIC offering protection for a “fee”. eported that ERIC WRIGHT, also known as EAZY-E, who owned R SS RECORDS, Woodland Hills, California, was a victim of this extortion scheme prior to dying from AIDS. Chad also reportedly targeted TUPAC SHAKUR prior to his recent murder in Las Vegas, Nevada. b7C Ib7C