Ol' Dirty Full of Grace
The results of Ol' Dirty's autopsy aren't out quite yet, but it was reported in today's New York Post that he died with a baggie of white powder in his stomach and that the bag popped and the, let's face it, coke had seeped into his body. Damn. All the more reason to legalize drugs. Also, I've been reading all kinds of other shit about Dirty, like his wife beefing with his other babies' mothers, her having his body cremated so that they couldn't do paternity tests, and her forming a record label with that bloodsucking manager of his so that they can kick their posthumous cash-in effort into full gear. Damn again, Icelene is the gulliest jig in the rap game since Suge Knight. At least we might get some new Ol' Dirty material out of all of this still.
Oh, and here's the actual article:
December 8, 2004 -- Even after death, wildman rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is full of surprises — the Wu-Tang Clan founding member died with a white powdery substance hidden in his body, a law-enforcement source said yesterday.
During an autopsy of the 35-year-old rapper, a doubled plastic bag containing a white powder was discovered in his stomach, said the source.
ODB, who was born Russell Jones, collapsed and died on Nov. 13 in a Manhattan recording studio.
The cause of his death remains a mystery as the Medical Examiner's Office awaits the result of toxicology tests.
But a source said the white powder leaked from its plastic container and seeped into the rapper's body.
The amount of the leak is not known and it is not confirmed yet that the substance is an illegal drug. "But what else would he be swallowing a plastic bag of? " said the source. "He wouldn't be swallowing sugar or salt."
ODB — who changed his moniker frequently and also went by the names Big Baby Jesus, Osirus and Dirt McGirt — had done time in drug rehab and went to prison on a 2001 drug charge.
Just a day or two before his death, ODB had reportedly flown back to New York from Colorado. He died two days shy of his 36th birthday.
Meanwhile, family members are squabbling over ODB's estate. The rapper has at least seven children — four of them by four different women other than his wife.
Last week his widow, Icelene Jones — whom he apparently hadn't lived with for years — was granted control of his estate by Brooklyn's Surrogate Court.
Why would he swollow a bag of "white powder" - he wasnt trying to smuggle it was he? I don't get it - I like the use of the title from the film "maria full of grace" which incidently was a brilliant film.
Posted by: owukori | December 08, 2004 at 01:58 PM
>and that the bag popped and the, let's face it, coke had seeped into his body.
Damn, I would hate to die like that.
Posted by: TZA | December 08, 2004 at 02:00 PM
I bet he went out high as shit.
Posted by: Bol | December 08, 2004 at 02:17 PM
>>I bet he went out high as shit.
...until his heart exploded.
but i guess we all gotta go somehow, sometime.
Posted by: WarriorMentality | December 08, 2004 at 02:42 PM
well, at least ODB had a crazy-ass reason for death
Posted by: fitz | December 08, 2004 at 03:11 PM
btw, no homo in spanish remains no homo
Posted by: fitz | December 08, 2004 at 03:16 PM
Damn that is fucking sad.
Byron you should post that on the Shrimp.
Posted by: David | December 08, 2004 at 05:25 PM
I think I'm going to get one of those programs that lets you post to two blogs at once. Because doing both would just require too much effort.
Posted by: Bol | December 08, 2004 at 05:29 PM
As far as I know, the only way to post at two different sites simultaneously is to post in your primary site and have it "ping" the secondary site (a la the Blogship). That means you gotta set up the secondary site to receive the pings in a certain way.
But if you find an easier way, let me know.
Posted by: eric | December 08, 2004 at 10:16 PM
I think you might be able to do it with w.bloggar, but I haven't tried it yet.
http://wbloggar.com/
Posted by: Bol | December 09, 2004 at 08:54 AM
I don't get this! what are you all talking about?
Posted by: owukori | December 09, 2004 at 02:23 PM
>I don't get this! what are you all talking about?
Ol' Dirty died trying to smuggle coke on an airplane from Denver to NYC by putting it in a bag and swallowing it.
Posted by: Bol | December 09, 2004 at 02:25 PM
If ODBs wife shows the same entrepreneurship, parenting, and good taste as Big Puns wife I guess we can look forward to a supergroup with lil Romeo, baby Pun, and baby Big Baby Jesus.
Or maybe organize ODBs kids into their own posse.
Posted by: IB | December 09, 2004 at 03:26 PM
Maybe two rap posses can come out of this :
His wife can organize 'Big Baby Jesus's Legitimate Babies', and the baby mommas can organize 'Ole Dirty Bastard's Dirty Bastards'.
But seriously, rest in peace Russell Jones.
Posted by: IB | December 09, 2004 at 03:33 PM
yeah, wbloggar looks like it might do the trick. thanks. as for ODB...
"If you're flexible, intellectual, bisexual... can i get next to you?" -ODB
I'll assume he is referring to a female.
Posted by: eric | December 09, 2004 at 04:46 PM
oooh! baby i like it raw! the wu-mantra. doesn't rza have like 20 kids too. what we need are wu-magnums...
Posted by: rec | December 09, 2004 at 09:44 PM
i smell foul play.i dont think this the last of oldirty
Posted by: maggie | July 12, 2005 at 08:32 PM
I LOVE YOU ROMEO .IAM FROM MARTINIQUE FORT- DE -FRANCE; i live from 10 rue Pierre semare TERRES- SAINVILLE
Posted by: JENNIFER FILS-AIME MARIE- LOURDE | November 18, 2005 at 12:45 PM