Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI file appears online

Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s FBI file has appeared online. As Pitchfork points out, Rich Jones of

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Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s FBI file has appeared online. As Pitchfork points out, Rich Jones of hacker-friendly site Gun.io has obtained the document by filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the government. Jones unearthed the entire 90-plus-page piece and posted it for your perusal here. Below you can read some of the most notable points of the file and don’t do this at home, kids.

Highlights from Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s FBI File:

– “The WTC is heavily involved in the sale of drugs, illegal guns, weapons possession, murder, carjacking and other types of violent crime.” [p5]

– Connections to the murder of Robert “Pooh” Johnson and Jerome “Boo Boo” Estrella. [p6]

– Connection to murder of Ishamael “Hoody” Kourma. [p13]

– A shoot-out with the NYPD. [p15]

– Arrest for felony possession of body armour. [p16]

– Connections to the Bloods Gang. [p17]

– Found in possession of large bags full of paper currency. [p40]

– Details of his being robbed and shot while staying in the Kingston projects. [p45]

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