The legacy of Rabbi Meir Kahane continues. The FBI has released files on the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, revealing that the Jewish Defense League (JDL) was suspected of "extorting money from various rap music stars via death threats, including Tupac and another performer, Eazy-E.
Files show FBI suspected JDL of extorting Tupac
Jewish Defense League threatened famously murdered rapper, provided bodyguards for hip-hop stars, according to released FBI documents.
By LAHAV HARKOV • Jerusalem Post
The FBI has released files on the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, revealing that the Jewish Defense League (JDL) was suspected of "extorting money from various rap music stars via death threats, including Tupac and another performer, Eazy-E.
"The scheme involves (name redacted) and other subjects making telephonic death threats to the rap star," the files, declassified this week, explain. "Subjects then intercede by contacting the victim and offering protection for a fee. The victim and their family are taken to a 'safe haven', usually a private estate, and are protected by gun-toting body guards associated with the Jewish Defense League."
After the victims were brought to the "safe havens," the JDL would allegedly "convince the victim they have worked a 'deal' out...and the threats cease. The victim then pays the subjects for the protection services rendered and resume their normal lifestyle with no fear of further death threat."
An unidentified source identified Eazy-E as a target of the JDL's extortion before he died from AIDS. Another source, from within the JDL, "had also reportedly targeted Tupac Shakur prior to his recent murder in Las Vegas, Nevada."
Tupac was shot four times in Las Vegas in September 1996, and died several days later. The circumstances surrounding his murder remain unclear.
[Hat Tip: AEA.]