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@ @ 2 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION : (12/34/1993) Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 02/05/1998 To: Los Angeles i.~ Attn: slid From: Los Angeles t~ pie NSD-6 . Contact: ! Th. INFORMATION CONTAINED Approved By: URED 1s 3 UNCLASSTEEE es a prattea ny: | si«d BATEIOYSPT ERT MQURR | acmsulo — Sanh | Case ID #: 266A-LA-201807 (pending) ~~ 36 BH WBA | | ritues [7 era, | AOT - DT - DEATH THREATS | 00: LOS ANGELES Synopsis: Requesting approval to interview~ | a reporter for THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE. Details: For-your information, on October 17, 1996, a b7C preliminary inquiry (PI) was initiated at Los Angeles Field Office to corroborate source information that fd a known organized crime figure, along with a group of unidentified individuals were utilizing death threats in the furtherance of extortion attempts targeting two former prominent yap musicians from the Los Angeles area and other victims yet unidentified. others yet unidentified have been extorting money from various rap music stars via death threats. The scheme involves [T___] and the other subjects making telephonic death threats to the rap star. Subjects then intercede by contacting the victim and bic offering protection for a Afee=. Source reported ERIC WRIGHT, b7D also known as EAZY-E and then owner of RUTHLESS RECORDS in — Woodland Hills, California, was a victim of this extortion scheme, prior to dying from AIDS. ["___ Jhad also reportedly targeted TUPAC SHAKUR before his recent murder in Las Vegas, Nevada. b7D bic Ok QUbp-LA-IO\GC 1 368