In Memory of Ol' Dirty Bastard

ODB just passed away this weekend, and I was saddened to hear it. Not because he was a really great person, or even very talented. He was just very entertaining to me. Especially back in the day, in middle school, when I got a kick out of playing obsene music in the presence of my Mother. Plus, he was just a crazy motherfucker. I can't say I was surprised he died so soon. I think I was more shocked when Ray Charles passed away. Nevertheless, it was a downer to here.




from MTV.com

Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard Dies 11.13.2004 Sources close to ODB said he had been complaining of chest pains earlier in the day.



Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan and one of the most eccentric personalities in hip-hop, died of unknown causes on Saturday in New York. He would have turned 36 on Monday.



The rapper, whose real name was Russell Tyrone Jones, was having difficulty breathing and complained of chest pains earlier in the day, according to his spokesperson.



Dirty was at Wu-Tang's studio, 36 Records LLC on West 34th Street, when he collapsed in the lounge at approximately 4:35 p.m. on Saturday. EMS workers rushed to the scene but were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the city medical examiner's office.



An autopsy conducted Sunday morning revealed no conclusive results. Toxicology and tissue tests will be administered and the cause of death is expected to be known within 10 days.



Jarred Weisfeld, ODB's manager, said that the rapper was entirely drug free and that he was committed to getting his life back on track. "He was the complete opposite of what people made him out to be. He was a teddy bear," Weisfeld told MTV News.