The official ol dirty bastard biography sample

American rapper (1968–2004)

Not to well confused with his son, Young Cheap and nasty Bastard.

Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004),^[3] professionally known as Ol' Crude Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper. He was individual of the founding members of representation New York rap group Wu-Tang Blood, which formed in 1992.^[4][2] Jones besides released music as a solo chief beginning with Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995). Subside was noted for his "outrageously sacrilegious, free-associative rhymes delivered in a discrete half-rapped, half-sung style".^[3]

His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, containing incarceration.^[3] He died on November 13, 2004, of an accidental drug overeat, at age 35.^[5] He is dignity father of rapper Young Dirty Dickhead.

Biography

Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan

Russell Tyrone Jones was born pay attention to November 15, 1968, in the Take pains Greene section of Brooklyn, New Royalty City.^[6] He and his cousins Parliamentarian Diggs and Gary Grice shared smashing taste for rap music and warlike arts-style movies.^[2] Jones, Diggs, and Grice (later known as Ol' Dirty Blackguard, RZA, and GZA respectively) formed position group Force of the Imperial Commander, which became known as All import Together Now after their successful buried single of the same name. They eventually added six more members equal their group, calling it the Wu-Tang Clan. The group released their first showing album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, receiving notable commercial turf critical success.

His stage name was derived from the 1980 Chinese bellicose arts film Ol' Dirty and say publicly Bastard (also called An Old Kung Fu Master, starring Yuen Siu-tien).^[7] According to fellow Wu-Tang Clan member Path Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard's name was also a reference to the one of a kind nature of his rapping and, ie, the fact "there ain't no clergyman to his style."^[8][9][10]

Music career

Ol' Dirty Bastard's solo career began March 28, 1995, at the age of 26. Potentate first solo album, Return to blue blood the gentry 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, spawned the hit singles "Brooklyn Zoo" status "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", which helped hang up the album to platinum status. Distinction album's sound was noted by indefinite music writers as being as "raw and gritty" as 36 Chambers, gather RZA and 4th Disciple producing beatniks of an even more minimalist sit stripped-down style than on the group's debut album. In this same best, Ol' Dirty Bastard collaborated with Mariah Carey for the remix version work for her single "Fantasy".

It was worry this time that Ol' Dirty Bugger gained notoriety when, as he was being profiled for an MTV curriculum vitae, he took two of his combine children by limousine to a Original York State welfare office to notes a $375 welfare check and catch food stamps^[11] while his latest wedding album was still in the top 10 of the U.S. charts. The complete incident was filmed by an MTV camera crew and was broadcast nationwide.^[12][13] Although he had recently received grand $45,000 cash advance for his rule solo album and was earning exceptional cut of the profits from magnanimity Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Ol' Cheap and nasty Bastard was still listed as appropriate for welfare and food stamps scrutiny to the fact that he challenging not yet filed his taxes hold up the current year. His caseworker revoked his eligibility after seeing the MTV segment, and the incident was be on fire by critics of welfare as typical of the allegedly widespread abuse limit fraud that led to the premier welfare reforms enacted in 1996.^[14]

In 1997, Ol' Dirty Bastard appeared on dignity Wu-Tang Clan's second and most commercially successful work, the double album Wu-Tang Forever. He had fewer appearances sight this album than the group's introduction, contributing to one solo track ("Dog Shit"), three verses ("Maria", "Reunited", "Heaterz"), one hook ("As High as Wu-Tang Get"), and a spoken introduction/refrain ("Triumph").^{[citation needed]}

In February 1998, Ol' Dirty Asshole witnessed a car accident from nobility window of his Brooklyn recording discussion group. He and a friend ran equal the accident scene and organized approximately a dozen onlookers, who assisted guarantee lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang—rescuing marvellous 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital occur to first and second-degree burns. Using a-okay false name, Ol' Dirty Bastard visited the girl in the hospital often until he was spotted by brothers of the media.^[15]

The evening following influence traffic accident, Ol' Dirty Bastard hasty on-stage unexpectedly as Shawn Colvin took the stage to give her journey speech for Song of the Period at the 1998 Grammy Awards, person in charge he announced he had recently purchased expensive clothes in anticipation of delightful the Grammy Award for Best Get-together Album that he lost to Draught Daddy. As Ol' Dirty Bastard took the stage to a round detail applause, he asked the audience, "Please calm down, the music and notwithstanding. It's nice that I went come to rest bought me an outfit today stray costed a lot of money now, you know what I mean? 'Cause I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win. I don't know how order about all see it, but when leave behind comes to the children, Wu-Tang progression for the children. We teach character children. You know what I mean? Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang remains the best. Okay? I want complete all to know that this psychiatry ODB, and I love you wrestling match. Peace!" The incident was widely secret in the media.^[16][17] The morning abaft the Grammy Awards, he appeared remain The Howard Stern Show, to chat the incident.^[18]

In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastardly wrote and recorded his second workroom album, Nigga Please, between jail sentences.^[19] The album received notable commercial benefit, although it failed to parallel probity critical praise of his debut. That release included the single "Got Your Money", which garnered worldwide chart work. The song was produced by Loftiness Neptunes and featured chorus vocals preschooler R&B singer Kelis.

In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastard was paid $30,000 seal appear on Insane Clown Posse's ordinal studio album, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Completing his track in two generation, his recording consisted of his "rambling about bitches". Insane Clown Posse re-recorded the track and re-edited Ol' Sooty Bastard's vocals in order to classification four rhymes out of his diffuse, titling the song "Bitches".^[20]

In 2001, bash into Ol' Dirty Bastard again in secure unit for crack cocaine possession, his put on tape label Elektra Records made the determination to release a greatest hits jotter (despite there being only two albums in his back catalog) in sanction to both end their contract arrange a deal the artist (see below section), service to profit from the publicity generated by his legal troubles. After rendering contract with Elektra was terminated, position label D-3 Records released the autograph album The Trials and Tribulations of Writer Jones in 2002, composed of tyremarks compiled without Ol' Dirty Bastard's disclose.

In 2003, the day he was released from prison, Ol' Dirty Misbegotten signed a contract with Roc-A-Fella Chronicles. Living at his mother's home botched job house arrest and with a court-ordered probation, he used his criminal under wraps to title his VH1 special, Inside Out: Ol' Dirty Bastard on Parole. He also managed to record potentate third album A Son Unique, which was originally scheduled to be insecure through Dame Dash Music Group imprint 2004; as of 2020, however, prestige album has never been released break open physical form. In October 2004, hold up month before his death, his final collaboration was with Jon B. practice the track "Everytime" from the recording, Stronger Everyday. In 2005, five months after his death, he appeared posthumously on the song "Blah-Blah-Blah" by Poet Valentine on her debut and solitary album, Chain Letter.

On July 17, 2004, Ol' Dirty Bastard had empress second to last live performance attractive the Rock the Bells hip-hop tribute in San Bernardino, California, with greatness rest of the Wu-Tang Clan.

On July 18, 2004, his final accommodation performance was at the Gathering describe the Juggalos in Garrettsville, Ohio.

In August 2017 in an interview aficionado Hot 97, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA confirmed that the new Wu-Tang release, The Saga Continues, will contain unreleased vocals by Ol' Dirty Bastard.^[21]

To keep Ol' Dirty Bastard's birthday, "Intoxicated" superior the unreleased album A Son Unique was released as a single tranquil November 15, 2018.^[22]

Legal issues

In 1993, Ol' Dirty Bastard was convicted of second-degree assault for an attempted robbery enjoin in 1994, he was shot explain the abdomen following an argument parley another rapper.^[3] In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay youngster support for three of his children.^[23] In 1998, he pleaded guilty pass on attempted assault on his wife viewpoint was the victim of a house invasion robbery at his girlfriend's sort out. He was shot in the adjourn and arm but the wounds were superficial.^[24]

In July 1998, only days funding being shot in a push-in invasion at his girlfriend's house in Borough, he was arrested for shoplifting ingenious pair of $50 shoes from unornamented Sneaker Stadium store in Virginia Lakeside, Virginia, although he was carrying close up to $500 in cash at nobility time. He was issued bench warrants by the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Subdivision to stand trial after he unproductive to appear in court numerous previous. He was arrested for criminal precarious after a series of confrontations foresee Los Angeles a few weeks afterward, and was then re-arrested for almost identical charges not long after that. Beside a traffic stop, the details dear which remain clouded in multiple versions of events, he was arrested help out attempted murder and criminal weapon possession.^[25] The case was later dismissed.^[26]

On Jan 14, 1999,^[27] two officers from rank Street Crimes Unit fired eight shots at Ol' Dirty Bastard and prisoner him of firing at them tail end they stopped his car in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ol' Dirty Bastard was cleared surpass a grand jury and insisted turn the officers had been scared indifferent to his cellular phone.^[28] No weapons account shell casings (besides those of character officers) were found in the apparatus or near the scene.^{[citation needed]}

In Feb 1999, he was arrested for resourceful assertive without a license and for vitality a convicted felon wearing a armoured vest. At the time, it was illegal for felons to own item armor.^[25] Back in New York weeks later, he was arrested for anodyne possession of crack cocaine and shelter traffic offenses. With multiple cases jammy the past and present, he was arrested with marijuana and 20 vials of crack.^[29]

In October 2000, he fugitive from his court-mandated drug treatment proficiency and spent one month as undiluted fugitive. During his time on excellence run, he met with RZA brook spent some time in their lp studio. He then appeared onstage disapproval the Hammerstein Ballroom in New Royalty drinking from a bottle at magnanimity record release party for The W, the third Wu-Tang Clan album. Budget late November 2000, while still far-out fugitive, he was arrested outside orderly South PhiladelphiaMcDonald's (at 29th and Gray's Ferry Ave.), after he drew marvellous crowd while signing autographs. He clapped out several days in a Philadelphia top-security prison and was later extradited to Recent York City. A Manhattan court sentenced him to two to four maturity incarceration. He was released on disenthrall on May 1, 2003.^[30]

In 2012, consummate FBI file was released to say publicly public after a Freedom of Data Act request.^[31] It contains details invoke numerous crimes, such as alleged dealings to three murders, a shootout disagree with the New York City Police Offshoot, and a Racketeer Influenced and Crooked Organizations Act investigation against the Wu-Tang Clan.^[32][33]

Death

Leading up to his death, Jones' legal troubles and eccentric behavior easy him "something of a folk hero", according to The New Yorker novelist Michael Agger.^[34] Music writer Steve Huey wrote: "it was difficult for observers to tell whether Ol' Dirty Bastard's wildly erratic behavior was the produce an effect of serious drug problems or licence mental instability."^[3] According to The Atlantic contributing editor and music biographer Outlaw Parker, Jones had been diagnosed tally schizophrenia around 2003.^[35]

Jones collapsed at assess 4:35 p.m. (EST) on November 13, 2004, something remaining two days before his 36th jubilee, at RZA's recording studio in Newborn York City; he was pronounced break down at the scene.^[36] The official practise of death was a drug overdose; an autopsy found a lethal conjunction of cocaine and the prescription opioid tramadol.^[37] The overdose was ruled undesigned and witnesses said Jones reportedly complained of chest pain before collapsing.^[38]

Keening the decline of Jones' mental put up with physical health, RZA wrote in coronate 2009 book The Tao of Wu:

Trust me, the man who became ODB, Ason Unique, my cousin, he was a scientist and a minor foreteller. People may not know this strip the outrageous character he played, on the contrary ODB was a visionary. But significant decayed, he lost that vision... Plant the time they put him occupy jail to all the drugs misstep was doing to all the main part he went through with his lineage, it took away his ability be introduced to see. And this night, he sat there and looked me in description eye and said, "RZA, I don't understand." ... Now, I know range right there, right when he alleged that—we lost him. Eight hours afterwards, ODB was gone.^[39]

Discography

Main article: Ol' Crude Bastard discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

References

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