Ol' Dirty Bastard's solo career began March 28, 1995, at the age of 26. The group released their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, receiving notable commercial and critical success. They eventually added six more members to their group, calling it the Wu-Tang Clan. Jones, Diggs, and Grice (later known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA respectively) formed the group Force of the Imperial Master, which became known as All in Together Now after their successful underground single of the same name. He and his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice shared a taste for rap music and martial arts-style movies. Russell Tyrone Jones was born on November 15, 1968, in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York City. According to fellow Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard's name was also a reference to the unique nature of his rapping and, specifically, the fact 'there ain't no father to his style.' Biography Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan His stage name was derived from the 1980 Chinese martial arts film Ol' Dirty and the Bastard (also called An Old Kung Fu Master, starring Yuen Siu-tien). Ol' Dirty Bastard was noted for his 'outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style'. He died on November 13, 2004, of an accidental drug overdose, two days before his 36th birthday. His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, including incarceration.

He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from Staten Island, New York City, which rose to mainstream prominence with its 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Russell Tyrone Jones (Novem– November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper.

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