Legendary Singer Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here’s What’s In Her File

[Eastside Get The Money]

If you were black and famous during the civil rights era you were being tracked

 

[Samori Toure]

Ya know what, I hope she was doing some dubious, devious spy shyt all that time and them dumb pigs still ain't catch her.

Have them Fed's looking inep, bumbling and incompetent like Abagnale was doing Hanratty

She wasn't doing any dubious, devious spy shyt. She probably just said some stuff about White people and they didn't like it. But believe this. If she would have been a self hating c00n then they would not have kept anything on her.

 

[Deltron]

damn the feds were on the queen like that?

fukk'em

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

Tupac fbi file must be 1000 pages

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

If you were black and famous during the civil rights era you were being tracked

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Mariam Makeba and Stokely's file almost 300 pages

 

[Rozay Oro]

Wow, that’s ridiculous.

 

[KingsOfKings]

had tabs on her billie holiday style

Crazy breh. I remember reading the stories on Billie too

 

[Big Boss]

Crazy

 

[KingsOfKings]

Crazy

Very

 

[NatiboyB]

paranoid for who?

Anyone it doesn’t take a lot to be investigated essentially if you have influence fully expect to either be checked into by DHS or FBI.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

And people think it’s out the realm they had it out for Pac

 

[Days of Future Piff]

This really shows you the power of black music.
People could organize to the tune of Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye.

You won’t see the FBI checking for these modern day drill rappers… because they aren’t about anything—they have no message and they aren’t a threat to the dominant society.

 

[Yaboysix]

SMH. These folks swear we be up to something...we just be CHILLING!

I wonder what they so scared of...

 

[Taadow]

Why would they track Robin Gibb? Barry was the one who was making the moves…