The Jewish Defense League, the terrorist group founded by extremist Meir Kahane, threatened Tupac Shakur and Eazy E before their deaths as part of an extortion scheme, according to recently released FBI files:
“On September 11, 1996 [redacted] reported that JDL, and others yet unidentified have been extorting money from various rap music stars via death threats,” the report states. “The scheme involves [redacted] and other subjects making telephonic death threats to the rap star. Subjects then intercede by contacting the victim and offering protection for a ‘fee’. Source reported that ERIC WRIGHT, also known as EAZY-E, who owned RUTHLESS RECORDS, Woodland Hills, California, was a victim of this extortion scheme prior to dying from AIDS. [Redacted] had also reportedly targeted TUPAC SHAKUR prior to his recent murder in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
Totally weird. There’s no evidence this had anything to do with Shakur’s death, as opposed to just being a way to make money.
You’d think that Eazy E’s involvement with the Jewish rap group Blood of Abraham would have endeared him to the Jewish ultra-nationalists (NSFW, but also awesome):
There’s no pleasing some people.