Originally Posted by Sly

A week prior to the "attack" he received a threat letter in the mail with crude drawings of a black man being hanged, a gun, etc. There was also a white powder in it. This was sent to the studio that they shoot Empire at. It obviously turned into a big ordeal because of the white powder, hazmat was called in, the whole 9 yards. It's also still under investigation by the FBI.

Now sources are saying that he felt the response to that letter was not strong enough, so he wanted to create a new scenario that would warrant a "proper" response. Don't think it turned out like he expected!

Vanity and stupidity definitely got in the way.