There is a Biopic movie of late Wu-Tang Clan member, Ol' Dirty Bastard in the works, and RZA has come forward to speak on it. Actually, there are two movies on the way- Dirty White Boy which would have Michael K. Williams playing ODB, and another one titled Dirt: One Word Could Change The World.
Read what RZA had to say about the projects below-
"There's two things going on with the ODB situation. There's Dirty White Boy, which is about the manager of ODB, and his last two years. And there is another one with a working title called Dirt: One Word Could Change The World, that his family is more involved with. His mother is involved with Dirty White Boy. I'm involved with both. Anything about his life, i want to help out with any capicity. His mother told me i should come in and help.For those who don't know RZA like that, he is the founder, leader, and producer (still is) of the legendary rap group, Wu-Tang Clan. Wu-Tang had there most prominence in the 90s era of Hip Hop. Their debut album (1993), Enter The Wu (36 Chambers) is critically acclaimed and is one of most influential rap album ever released. Their second album, Wu-Tang Forever which was released in 1997, sold over 4 million copies in the U.S alone and 8.3 million copies worldwide. They started the fad of rappers having clothing lines, with their highly commercially successful Wu Wear, which was launched in 1995. This is just a little education on the Shaolin brothers.
Back to more info on the ODB biopic...read more about what RZA said about the movies on the way.
"As far as Dirt, that actually starts back when we was young...me and (ODB) ran through this city, man, cutting school, stealing pretzels from hot dog stands, being vagabonds, sleeping on the trains, drinking 40s on the back of the A train, rapping, getting chased by the police: it's a coming-of-age story that me and him and a few of our cousins went through. Then it goes on into finally becoming Wu-Tang, going through that hell. And then it takes on his side of it, not my side" (Rolling Stone).
Men! ODB was one hell of a guy with a lot of controversy surrounding him. He had a lot of problem with the law. I remember him being arrested overseas for indecent exposure; he had been standing naked on the balcony of a hotel overseas. Then I remember the story of him escaping custody while being transferred from a rehab centre to a Los Angeles court. He was considered a fugitive, and was on the run for a month. While on the run from the law, he performed at the release party of their third album, The W, and quickly ran off stage when he discovered the cops were waiting for him outside. He was later apprehended at a CD signing. of fans, for The W album. The people at McDonalds called the cops cause his presence had caused a commotion amongst the fans. He ran off when they got to the scene, but his car wouldn't start ontime, and the cops caught up with him.
He collapsed at the Wu studio in New York on November 13, 2004. He was pronounced dead an hour later. The autopsy carried out showed cause of death to be drug overdose. I remember he was big on cocaine. Truthfully speaking, I think ODB was a high energy individual that had the talent to rap, and just played on the mic with it. I remember hearing him on the remix of Mariah Carey's Fantasy remix track back in 1994, and thinking- "who is this off beat rapping, crazy looking rapper." But he did do a great job of balancing the Wu.
Other members of the Wu are Ghostface, U-God, Masta Killa, Raekwon, Methodman, RZA, GZA and Inspectah Deck. Cappadonna is a frequent collaborator and an affiliate of the crew. He appeared on their big hit, Triumph. Men! How time flies. I can remember watching that video back in 1997. It was the ish...the cinematography was just out of this world. Till this day, whenever i watch it, it blows me away. That was one of the few rap videos, that had hip hop in the purest forms, that got constant plays on MTV. It had 9 verses...9 verses from 9 different rappers, and no hook...no chorus...just rap...just bars.
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