Rapper O.D.B. Collapses, Dies in Studio

NEW YORK - The rap artist O.D.B.(Ol' Dirty Bastard), 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.

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.

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Was never into Wu-Tang Clan or O.D.B myself...

Stay off the damn drugs...Biaaatches!
'Nuff said! :rolleyes:

This one is for my dead homie *pours*....peace.

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oh man, well cya in hell

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Originally Posted by Spam-King

oh man, well cya in hell

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Bitch :dry:

:( r.i.p o.d.b

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Originally Posted by Spam-King

oh man, well cya in hell

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bastard:dry:

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Originally Posted by Filliz

Stay off the damn drugs...Biaaatches!
'Nuff said! :rolleyes:

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lol thats for sure

R.I.P. O.D.B. and DJ Screw

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Originally Posted by Spam-King

oh man, well cya in hell

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haha:lol:agree

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Originally Posted by ziggyjuarez

haha:lol:agree

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*shakes fist*

R.I.P

OLD DIRTY BASTARD
OL DIRTY
OL BABY JESUS
DIRT MCGIRT
:flowers: LIKE CUBAN LINK WOULD SAY FLOWERS FOR THA DEAD! ;)

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Originally Posted by natedogg

*shakes fist*

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:lol: Tricksterz