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is claimingtha in 11 H estate. tion, there are known offspring of ERIC's,from several different relationships, all of whom will be claiming an interest in the estate. the estate,Durin investigation that there were into who several has what claims master to recordings of unpublished songscontained in suitcases in the»: trunk of ERIC's- leasedMercedes. These master recordings are» believed tobe worthseveral millionsof dollars each. When'»: attempted todetermine thelocation of the recordingssince they are considered part of the estate and underthe protection of the Court,and thathe learnedan individual that theknown suitcases onlyas were as" missin from the carat» currently residing in Canadaand wasallegedly in possession of", the suitcases and recordings. . ii;/Lg?Ange les

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chang i questionedhad told to et bothwanciand u the com any, both giving him any recordings. then contacted the FBIto determineif the FBI . wouldcould be identifiedconsiderinvestigating and interviewedmatter tothe see determineifto he in fact as if? the recordings and how hecame topossess them. He considers the recordings, if they are in the possession of to be stolen. Accordingtopthe recordingsare consideredpart . i_,- of the estate and shoul only be in the possession of CHEMICAL I TRUSTNeithezanorwhave uni jud de ermines a legal to whom theyright rightfullytopossess belong. the 5 recordings muchless distribute them until the Court has madea determinationas to ownership. -"{ On June14, 1995,the writer contacted AUSAJEFFh Qd EGLASH,discussed Unites informationtheStates Attorney's containedOffice,herein. Los Angeles EGLASHstated that and. ,1@ §% he was interested in pursuing this matter as a preliminary investigation, to determine if there are possible ITSPviolations since the recordings were taken across state and international lines. In addition, he would consider copyright violations depending onthe dollar loss as a secondary violation.

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" : ~v' OnJuly 7 199s for RUTHLESS RECORDS, 21860 Burbank Boulevard, Suite 100, Woodland Hills, California, telephone 818! 710-0060, was _. 1. advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and thewp_92V1rposeif?*_>-~.~¢¢-.~ of the interview and provided the following information. pas interviewed regarding his knowledgeof ii possible s olen master recordings which are e t of RUTHLESSRECORDS.joined RUTHLESS in He 5 stated that RUTHLESS RECORDS is also known as COMPT N RECORDS. . ~ It is privately owned by ERIC WRIGHT, aka "EAZY E". RUTHLESS has 7 an agreement with RELATIVITY RECORDS for RELATIVITY to do the Q P manufacturing and distribution of recordings produced by ,,_ k92 : 1 artists "

r He stated that starting in late February, WRIGHT . sf; x. r.~£.:.M z -Y. became seriously ill and was hospitalized due to complications Y1-T 1. .=-:.:v,~f~¢>ti. I from AIDS. Information about WRIGHT's hospitalization was kept quiet and no one at RUTHLESS knew of the illness. riifr "ed the hosii a uh, . woman an lame .4 ld by WRIGHT. On I acsimile allegedly from author to speak on behalf of WRI provid d a copy of document to the intervi agentvstated that the hand writing is not I WRIGHT'sbut the signature at the bottom of the letter is. _then requested financial information regarding the company but- said he would not release the information |"= poke' 1*' 1 to WRIGHwho authorized the release ani f were information. A married at the few hospital days before WRIGHT'sand WRIGHT changed death, hisWRIGHT will makin he executors of the estate. OJ

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Precedence ROUTINE Date 10/17/1996

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F DBA NAME: RUTHLESS RECORDS

BUSINESS ADDRESS: 12228 ARBOR PL, LA 90047

OWNER: WRIGHT ERIC

FILING DATE: 10/14/1986

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2%*CASE NAME: ' RUTHLESS RECORDS, Gt 61 V. YOUNG ANDRE, et al

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DEBTOR S!: RUTHLESS RECORDS [BUSINESS] 21860 BURBANK BLVD #100 WOODLAND HILLS, CA

COMPTOWN RECORDS INC [BUSINESS 1 21860 BURBANK BLVD #100 WOODLAND HILLS, CA FID/ss#: 954301112 I , SECURED PARTIES: MERCANTILE NATL BK F if . ' 1840 CENTURY PK E LOS ANGELES, CA

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DBA NAME: Ruthless Records

BUSINESS ADDRESS: 21860 Burbank Blvd Woodland Hills, CA 91367-6477

BUSINESS PHONE: 818

STATE: California

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7/,1 Details: Title changed to reflect the true name of victim Eazy-E 21'»;. 1: as being Eric Wright. 5 ./7',- For information of this file, the BE Ma ' e J, '¢'¬:_~;- - - :: ;:>,~ "'"'<".""edgey uwlngernet Home Pagecontained the following i Mdxqa Mon of, % u?"~Z1'~3- *¢interest to this matterI*;,5] Y; ?§§k5f_' "iht§fwas ;.,., x17.;;,,.,_ married . 9 to victim Eric Iri ht aka Ba: -EY on 3 / 14 I 95 - The June 1995issue of VIBEs on-lineedition also tontained in rmation a, .e§.>=..~2 7 conce ' the e al claims filed against the Wright estate by ~; ixfo §§2§§%£i£&f9d Wright a e~¢ s. 1~,s¢ 1 1 ~ ",;;y; s;§;P#@»f, .5 » :¢EE¢§w»w§§recor.-1 M,_,i:~, :15 "',{?_=1' " »» The J ne 1995 edition of VIBE online reported, Less than 24 hours after Eric Wrights death, war broke out over his a estate.%$5 mi lion MiEéK1éihf?K§tI¬§§Tdi¥Eb¬6r law suit charging that Tomica;qods,andof b§i3§§§§ffai ,ffi1ed 4i ,$¢nm_ Avvyho became Eagys attorney in January 1995, wrongfully clai e "iV 7*ownersHip of Ruthless. "In a motion filed March 27 995! i Los ~ '..- ~. *iAngeles G Superior Court,E£§gg2claimed to own 50%of the lab 1, I k _,...».M.»- 244% -//4-12¢/21>7-é292 . 92

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1 To: Los Angeles From: Los Angeles Re: 266ALA201807, 12/23/1996

per agreement signed with Eazy in 1992.

' F?K1ein-says he fired Sweeney March 24, and then when ;Kleinshowed up to work at Ruthless on March 27, ten security guards blocked his entrance. The LAPD subsequently shut down the companfs Woodland Hills office until the legal dispute could be sett1ed.g@K1eid told VIBE that Eazy had expressed'no interest'in getting married and that whatever will he may have signed on his death bed,'he signed because he was not in the right state of mind Q§weeney;andggbodsldeclined to comment.

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4, Over the years, various local rap singers had signed contracts with WRIGHT? record at %H eventually began to believe Fwas dishonest with them financially, a sore int in " the company. In the Spring of 1991 rap artists wanted to be released from the RUTHLESS RECORDS label contract because they were 1 r fAK v l:;7 :'becomingsuccessfulon their own. WRIGHTto refused cancelthe wry . contracts and thereafter began to receive death threats. At one § point, WRIGHT was visited by et al, who were 5,. 3"?"IN . '..-';"1£Jarmed bawith and lead pipe!!!reatening !!!!HTto cancel the - /1% contractshas also allegedlyvisited threatened and a like in » £1- manner, wi held to his head. There were no witnesses to the 1 qas a -Insecurity 1992, asconsultant a result of the 1 deathfor O00 a threats,week, WRIGHTa position hiredhe kept %% pg 42, h unti yWRIGHTs deat . Pa yments t 'A i. e. represented S . §%¥§§§§in*the~bookkeepingrecords of RUTHLESS RECORD S i;:iWRIGHT that he WRIGHT! was indis ensable as around t , to protect him. In addition, who has years, »§;pai 0% of his own income or protection from death . ..,. .-t ix '=1"*3@="" T anqhad ' a fallingout theiFallin 1994 of andI yi,1 C, D..-W:-5% retty much tookwoye Ythe businessf WRIGHT eventually did p .,,4,_92_|A/ A F I ance ,,the._-,cor1t_racts asi_'a_,Mresultthe of death threats. ..92~ ' ~ ' » *.»92s<. . we t.

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ARMD AND DANGEROUS Q & Synopsis: Status of investigation and request for extension PI.

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Ir Preliminary Inquiry Initiated: 10/17/1996, extended to expire _e ,§%1% 02/16/1997. : ' p Q . ma, Enclosures: One original and five copies of a Letterhead g § Memorandum, dated 02/O5/1997. - - ' copies of a EnclosedLetterhead for Memorandum,the Bureau are dated one 02/05/1997, whichoriginal and five . ~:z;; contains the current status of captioned matter. _E E<1 r birth i bqb S everal leads tandin at Los Angeles '_ _, regarding mat te have not yet been A Q!recei v ed f which may assist in f?1rmated at ror Court, Los e Angeles. civil case In file addition, has not thebeen LAFO copyright matter which was closed in 1995 has not been located for review purposes. Searches are on for both case files.

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