It’s onerous to imagine, however 20 years have handed for the reason that legendary Ol’ Soiled Bastard died from an unintentional drug overdose. The inimitable rapper’s 2004 demise nonetheless looms over his fellow Wu-Tang Clan members, together with Raekwon. The Chef mirrored on the lack of ODB on Wednesday (November 13).
“Miss you beloved,” Raekwon wrote on Instagram. “immediately marks 20 years you been gone and it’s not a day that goes by we don’t miss feeling your presence on the earth. so immediately at my grand opening in newark’s very personal @hashstoria location …we can be doing a tribute to your legacy by taking part in ya music all through the day. thanks for believing in us and placing ya mighty crew on the map. you’ll at all times stay basic in my eyes. love you. #gonebutstillhere #ODB #hiphopsgreatestentertainer.”
Wu-Tang brethren Ghostface Killah and Arithmetic confirmed like to ODB within the feedback of Raekwon’s submit. Busta Rhymes and Diamond D have been among the many different notable names paying their respects to the late rapper on social media.
Ol’ Soiled Bastard actually lived as much as his stage identify as there was no father to his fashion. The person born Russell Jones was an idiosyncratic performer, to say the least, with what might finest be described as a drunken movement.
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ODB stood out in Wu-Tang, a bunch comprised of a number of the finest lyricists in Hip-Hop historical past, with the best way he blended rapping with singing. He astonished followers together with his work on the group’s traditional debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and his first solo album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Soiled Model.
Past music, ODB’s life was full of quite a few authorized points and strange incidents. He saved a baby’s life, rescuing a lady trapped beneath a car. He additionally crashed a Grammy acceptance speech to proclaim, “Wu-Tang is for the kids!”
A&E launched an ODB documentary titled Ol’ Soiled Bastard: A Story of Two Dirtys in August. That very same month, his mom Cherry Jones co-authored the audiobook Everyone Loves Soiled.
Pattern the audiobook right here and watch the trailer for A Story of Two Dirtys beneath. RIP ODB!
