Where These Legendary Rappers Are Buried

Ol' Dirty Bastard, or ODB, was born Russell Tyrone Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn. He became known for being a member of the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s and for releasing his own album, "Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version" in 1996, earning him a Grammy nomination. According to Salon, ODB biographer Mickey Hess said, "The real tragedy of Dirty's treatment by the press is that for the most part he was only in the papers for his outbursts and arrests, so when you outline his life in the headlines he looks like a mixture of a clown, or a thug, or a superhero, like his life was performance art..." Mr. Hess wrote a book called "The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard" as an attempt to show another side of the artist. Fans were drawn to ODB for his lyrics but also his persona. He brought a level of humor and edginess to hip-hop that had not been done before.

On November 13, 2004, at age 35, ODB died of a drug overdose at the Wu-Tang Clan Studios in New York City. According to MTV News, at ODB's funeral, his cousin and bandmate RZA eulogized him: "Remorsefully, RZA admitted that as Dirty's troubles with various vices grew, he told him, 'I'm dying.' ... [RZA] warned the congregation that we all need to keep love in our hearts and never neglect family." Per Find A Grave, ODB was cremated, and his ashes were given to family members. But for the die-hard fans, you can visit a mural of him in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

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