BY ELIJAH C. WATSON • FEB 27 2019

In the early 2010s, it had become known that the FBI had targeted the Wu-Tang Clan during the ’90s and early ’00s, following the unsealing of the FBI’s file on late Wu member Ol’ Dirty Bastard. The federal law enforcement agency had branded the rap collective as a criminal enterprise and even sought the help of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in building a case against the group.

In a recent story with The Daily Beast, Wu members reflected on being targeted by the FBI up until ODB’s death on November 13, 2004, when the agency finally ended its hunt against the group.

The FBI’s file on the Wu included everything from claims that the group was a gang to allegations that they laundered drug money through their label, among other claims.

“When you have things designed and in place for a certain group of people to not succeed and you start to see them rising, you want to know how they’re doing it,” Masta Killa said in response to the FBI targeting the Wu. “If music is that tool where you start to see people who are not designed to win start to make it, then you’re going to target that system and try to find a way to control it.”

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