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Old Nov 13th, 2004, 11:12 PM        Old Dirty Bastard Dies at 35
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Rapper O.D.B. Collapses, Dies in Studio

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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer

NEW YORK - The rap artist O.D.B., whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35.


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O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, and was dead by the time paramedics arrived, said Gabe Tesoriero, a spokesman for O.D.B.'s record label, Roc-a-Fella.


The cause of death was not immediately clear, but O.D.B. had recently finished a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab clinic. He would have turned 36 on Monday.


O.D.B. — also known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Big Baby Jesus or his legal name of Russell Jones — was a founding member of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s. With his unorthodox delivery — alternately slurred, hyper and nonsensical — O.D.B. stood out even in the nine-man Clan, which featured such future stars as Method Man, RZA and Ghostface Killah.


The Wu-Tang blueprint was for each member to pursue solo projects, and O.D.B.'s were among the best. He released hit singles such as "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and "Got Your Money," and appeared on remixes with artists like Mariah Carey.


"There's nobody like him in the game," RZA told The Associated Press in an April interview, when asked if O.D.B. could resume his career after prison. "He's got a lot of problems he's got to iron out, of course, but as far as a one-of-a-kind person, a one-of-a-kind artist, he's one of a generation, one of a lifetime. He's a very rare commodity."


But as his fame increased, so did his erratic behavior, and fans came to expect the unexpected from O.D.B.


When MTV News followed him around at the height of his popularity, he took the camera crew and several of his kids (he was said to have more than a dozen, by numerous mothers) to the welfare office — in a limousine — to get an allotment of food stamps.


And he received them.


In February 1998, he crashed the stage at the Grammy Awards and hijacked a microphone from singer Shawn Colvin (news) as she accepted an award, apparently upset over losing the best rap album Grammy to P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy (news - web sites)). He complained that he spent a lot of money for new clothes because he thought he was going to win. The rapper later apologized.


Over the years, he was wounded in shootings and arrested on a veritable laundry list of charges, including menacing security officers, illegally possessing body armor, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting and threatening a former girlfriend.


In 2000, after escaping a court-ordered stint in a California rehabilitation center, authorities searched for him for a month. He was finally arrested in Philadelphia — three days after performing in a New York City concert with his Wu-Tang clique.


He was sentenced in 2001 to two to four years in prison for drug possession, plus two concurrent years for escaping from the clinic. He was released in 2003 and immediately signed with Roc-a-Fella.


He heralded his return with a news conference alongside singer Carey — pop fans may know him best for his memorable cameo on her hit "Fantasy," featuring rhymes like "me and Mariah, go back like babies with pacifiers."


Tesoriero said O.D.B. had been working on his comeback album for more than a year and was almost finished.


"Russell inspired all of us with his spirit, wit, and tremendous heart," Roc-A-Fella founder Damon Dash said in a statement. "The world has lost a great talent, but we mourn the loss of our friend."


His mother, Cherry Jones, said she received the news of her son's death in a phone call, which she called "every mother's worst dream."

"To the public he was known as Old Dirty Bastard, but to me he was known as Rusty. The kindest most generous soul on earth," her statement said. "Russell was more than a rapper, he was a loving father, brother, uncle, and most of all, son."
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Old Nov 13th, 2004, 11:16 PM       
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 06:56 AM       
I'm with Jamesman on this. Let every rapper with a nickname die a sudden but painful death.
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 07:34 AM       
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 08:01 AM       
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 09:38 AM       


His funeral will be attended by all 30 of his illegitimate children, and will be paid for by his welfare checks.
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 09:50 AM       
Dammit! He was hot as hell, too!
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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 04:05 PM       
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Old Nov 15th, 2004, 07:13 PM       
i paid my tribute to odb by blasting icp's 'bitches' which collaborates with odb. it goes something like this...'I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU BITCH, I'M A GONNA KILL YOU ANYWAYS.'

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Old Nov 15th, 2004, 07:15 PM       
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Old Nov 15th, 2004, 11:08 PM       
Wu-Tang is sick...

ODB never contributed much musically, but he provided so much entertainment.

WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
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Old Dec 5th, 2004, 03:36 PM       
The only people who will attend the funeral will the accidental kids he made and his wife Old Dirty Bitch
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Old Jan 22nd, 2005, 11:51 PM       
know what th scary thing is i live on staten island but not close to stapleton yet i pass it evryday when i go to school.........sadly never heard of ODB until he died ya staten island sux
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