Possessing more self-anointed nicknames than Apollo Creed, the man born Russell Tyrone Jones had a knack for drama, including numerous arrests and incarcerations — many of his Wu-Tang Recordings were done over the phone from jail — and his 2004 overdose from a lethal mix of cocaine and the prescription painkiller Tramadol. Read More
In follow up to his recently released LP A Day Late & A Dollar Short with Blu, Brooklyn based Sene partners up with South Florida producer Numonics for "Departure Time". Read More
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Remeber when he interrupted the Grammys ? Read More
In honor of the five-year anniversary of Ol' Dirty Bastard's passing today (November 13), XXLMag.com took ODB's former A&R and longtime friend Dante Ross on a field trip to the Brooklyn Zoo, located in Prospect Park, to hear his craziest memories of the beloved Wu-Tang rapper. Read More
Or, as he put it on another occasion , "I don't have no trouble with you fuckin' me/But I have a little problem with you not fuckin' me." R.I.P. Read More
We got lots of new albums coming out right before the Christmas holidays. Read More
This record has the support of Dirty's family and the entire Wu-Tang Clan, as a bonus there is a 20 minute DVD excerpt of the soon to be released film "Dirty," a Rapumentary about ODB. Read More
In honor of the five-year anniversary of Ol' Dirty Bastard's passing this Friday (November 13), XXLMag.com took ODB's former A&R and longtime friend Dante Ross on a field trip to the Brooklyn Zoo, located in Prospect Park, to hear his craziest memories of the beloved Wu-Tang rapper. Read More
One of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, who recorded some of the most influential hip-hop of the '90s, Ol' Dirty ... Read the full Ol' Dirty Bastard bio.