Tribute to dead rappers

                                   ODB                                      

Date of birth:November 15,1968
Place of birth:Brooklyn,New York,U.S.                                                   Date deceased:November 13,2004 (aged 35)
Place of death:New York City,New York,U.S.                                       Cause of death:Drug overdose

About ODB:

Ol' Dirty Bastard was really one of a kind rapper,and unlike some rappers who died in 90s,I remember him when he was alive.I can say only one word about his style & character,CRAZY.Of course I mean it in a good way.Which hip-hop fan can forget his crazy & funny music videos,live appearances & especially that speech on grammy awards,even though it wasn't his turn to speak ,when he said that Wu Tang is the best (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdNHS8b9C7I).It was in 1998,but unfortunately I saw it only a few years later.But precisely that moment,when he interupted the ceremony of awarding prizes,he have shown his ''I don't give a fuck'' mentality.Of course many hip-hop fans,including me,liked him because of that mentality as well as because of his music talent.When it comes to his music,he had a very special & unique style of rapping.He brought something new in the rap music,with his unusual style of rapping & half-rapped,half-sung style,long pronouncing of words (real ODB fans will know what I'm talking about).Even though he was labeled as a bad person by media & he was arrested so many times,to me deep inside,he was a good person (especially knowing that he saved a 4-yeard-old girl from the car wreckage,after a car accident he saw from his studio),& he definitely didn't deserve to die.

Generally about ODB :

Ol' Dirty Bastard (real name Russell Tyrone Jones) was born on November 15,1968,in Brooklyn,New york.He started his music career by forming the group called ''Force of the Imperial Master'' with RZA & GZA.Shortly after that, the group was renamed to ''All in Together Now'',after their successful underground hit of the same name.Not long after that,they added 6 more members to their group,& they named it the ''Wu Tang Clan''.So that's how probably the most famous rap group in history was founded.The group released their debut album ''Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)'' in November 9,1993,which was a huge commercial succsess.ODB started his solo career in March 28,1995,when his first solo album titled ''Return to the 36 Chambers:The Dirty Version'' was released.That album gave the 2 great singles ''Shimmy,Shimmy Ya'' & ''Brooklyn Zoo'',his two most famous songs.On June 3,1997,he appeared on the second album of the Wu Tang Clan,titled ''Wu Tang Forever''.About two years after that,on September 14,1999,his second album ''Nigga Please'' was released.It wasn't as successful as his first album,but it had the worldwide hit ''Got Your Money'',which featured Kelis.This will be his last released album,since the ''A Son Unique'' album was never released.During his life,he also had a many legal troubles,like 1993,attemped robbery,1997 arrest for failure to a pay child support,1999 arrest for driving without a license...Because of that he spend a time in jail on multiple occasions.He was also shot a few times,like 1994 after an argument with another rapper and in 1998,after a home invasion robbery,but wounds were not life threatening.Unfortunately just a year after releasing from jail & singing for Roc-A-Fella Records he died from overdose.

ODB's Death:

On November 13,2004,just two days before his 36th birthday,and on a day he was scheduled to preform at the reunion concert of the Wu Tang Clan,he collapsed from drug overdose at Wu Tang's recording studio in Manhattan at 4.35 pm.He was pronunced dead at 5:04 pm.His funeral was in Brooklyn and thousands of people were attended.

ODB discography:

1995: Return of the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version                         1999: Nigga Please