Today (November 13) marks the 10th anniversary of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s passing at age 35, just two days ahead of his birthday. Speaking with XXL, some of the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s family members explained their plans to celebrate his legacy a decade later.
Young Dirty Bastard, the rapper’s son, announced an event in Atlanta to commemorate his father.
“I’m going to have something in this new store coming up in Georgia in the heart of Atlanta,” he said. “It’s going to be real good. Slick Polo is going to come through. I have a bunch of artists coming through and showing love. We’re going to have a bunch of candles at the store and we’re going to bring him back.
Icelene Jones, ODB’s wife, detailed the family’s difficulties following his death and said “everybody else is making money except for us.”
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“I feel bad because a lot of things aren’t going our way,” she said. “This is the 10-year anniversary and we were supposed to have a big thing in New York. We wanted to do different things but got no support, no money to make it happen. It’s just sad. Everybody else is making money except for us. We don’t have any help, we don’t have any support. Everybody who helps us gave up.”
Young Dirty Bastard, who spoke with HipHopDX last year about his own music career, also addressed plans to release a movie about his dad.
“Well, by putting this movie out, a couple of movies,” he said of plans to continue his legacy. “People just be making one movie about a person. In this movie I kind of want to transform him into a real black superhero that had powers. His ability was to rap but he has strength. But when he raps on the stage I want all the people to feel that energy. I want people to understand that he was more than just a rapper. He was for the universe. He was for the reform of different nations. Making everything work; that’s what he’s about. The only way to keep pushing the legacy is through the children. We’re his children, obviously. We got books coming out. We got films coming out. We got a couple reality shows coming out. All types of stuff, just to keep him alive. Shaquita is coming out with a clothing line. Taniqua wants to do a million things. His legacy is going to live forever.”
