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Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004) was an American rapper known by the stage name Ol’ Dirty Bastard (often shortened to ODB by mainstream media). He was one of the founding members of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual mic technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones’s “outrageously profane… , free-associative rhymes” delivered “in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style”), Jones’s stage name came from a 1980 kung fu film entitled Ol’ Dirty & The Bastard, the relevance of which was articulated by Method Man’s assertion that there was “no father” to Jones’s style.
After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard went on to a successful solo career. However, his professional success was hampered by his erratic personal behavior and frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died in late 2004 of a drug overdose in a recording studio.
Biography
Life and Career
Ol’ Dirty Bastard was born Russell Jones in Brooklyn in 1968, and grew up in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. As he got older, he started hanging out more and more with his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice; they all shared a taste for rap music and kung-fu movies. Diggs, later to be known as the RZA, Grice, later the GZA, and Jones formed Force Of The Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as the All in Together Now Crew after they had a successful underground single of that name.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual mic technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones’s “outrageously profane… , free-associative rhymes” delivered “in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style”), Jones’s stage name came from a 1980 kung fu film entitled Ol’ Dirty & The Bastard, the relevance of which was articulated by Method Man’s assertion that there was “no father” to Jones’s style.
After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard went on to a successful solo career. However, his professional success was hampered by his erratic personal behavior and frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died in late 2004 of a drug overdose in a recording studio.
Biography
Life and Career
Ol’ Dirty Bastard was born Russell Jones in Brooklyn in 1968, and grew up in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. As he got older, he started hanging out more and more with his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice; they all shared a taste for rap music and kung-fu movies. Diggs, later to be known as the RZA, Grice, later the GZA, and Jones formed Force Of The Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as the All in Together Now Crew after they had a successful underground single of that name.
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Davviid wrote:
R.I.P ♥
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Free-Khadafi wrote:
BROOKLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYN ZOOOO!
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Free-Khadafi wrote:
WU TANG KILAAA BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ ON THE SWARM! LOL R.I.P. O.D.B THEY SAY THERE'S ONLY A THIN LINE BETWEEN A GENIUS AND A CRAZY MAN I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE U WERE A TRUE GENIUZ!
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Inci90 wrote:
A Son Unique is sadly average ))))
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RomanGie007 wrote:
OL' DIIIIIIRRRRRRRTY
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aaronWHAT wrote:
Greatest MC of all-time. <3333
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spacecoka wrote:
bro
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TheLorenzo wrote:
Wutang is for the children!!
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Clitasaurus wrote:
I'M BLACK AND I'M WHITE
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Ghandi-Boy wrote:
This man is a true American folk hero.
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SammySteez wrote:
'86 was the year that it started, crack hit the states and my hood got to poppin'
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BriceTM wrote:
I drop science like girls be droppin' babies. Enough ta make a nigga go craaaaaazayy.
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Inci90 wrote:
YOU DONNNNNN' WAAAAAN', YOU DONNNNNN' WANNNNN' FUCK WIT ME.
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HamsterOfHell wrote:
I'll FUCK YOUR ASS UP
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Grenouille_ wrote:
greatest mc
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Cagey wrote:
when you're shaking my right hand, I'll stab you with the left (Whirr whirr whirrr!) Red alert! Red alert! Ason comin straight from the dirt
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GU1GA wrote:
Whaaat?!? my nigaa...
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Mariooow wrote:
OL' DIIIIIIRRRRRRRTY
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jussi-m wrote:
i uploaded some new pictures, check 'em out
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OSIRUS187 wrote:
or bustin your fuckin face sooooome bloooooooood !
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