It’s safe to say that for virtually every moment from the time that Wu-Tang Clan became prominent around 1993 until his sad death in 2004, Ol’ Dirty Bastard—“Russell Jones” to the law enforcement community—was in some kind of legal trouble. He was convicted of second degree assault in 1993 and was arrested for failure to pay child support in 1997. A year later, he pleaded guilty to attempted assault on his wife and was also arrested for shoplifting. It goes on from there. In 2000 he was assigned to a court-mandated drug treatment facility but escaped—as a fugitive he met up with RZA and spent some time in the studio. In Philadelphia he was eventually captured. (DM previously reported on his endlessly interesting FBI file, released in 2012.)
After spending the next two and a half years in prison in New York, he was released on parole on May 1, 2003. Sensing an opportunity, ODB’s manager, Jarred Weisfeld, arranged for VH1 to have a crew follow ODB around for his release and the first few weeks out of jail. The end result was “Inside Out,” which can be viewed below. Actually, it’s a little unclear what this video is—IMDb.com lists the running time as 60 minutes over two episodes. This video isn’t that long, however. What I think this is is episode 1 of “Inside Out”—not sure there was an episode 2—followed by a brief remembrance section that likely doesn’t have anything to do with VH1. In any case, it’s wildly entertaining.
I find it funny, that a majority of the comments are praising the manager when he is prob the cause of his death. opportunist at its finest. I thought to myself if I was at my lowest would I want someone recording them talking about getting me a turkey sandwich & I decided no. dame dash should've stayed out of this shit as well Nasty stain on his rep
True friend Mariah Carey but he shouldn’t had sign to the Roc that was the issue with Damon signing ppl without jay approval that’s y jay wanted out Damon was doing Damon
I remember when I was a child. All I wanted to do was get as far away from the hood as possible. When I was a teenager, although I still wanted to get out, I started embracing the ghetto life. As an adult, I fucked around and got a good job that paid me enough to take care of my family, but I lost it because I had the street mentality instilled in me. On my road to redemption I've slept in cars, jail, homeless shelters, etc. I worked at McDonald's & places that paid less just to get a legit check. I've rode bikes in blizzards, walked hours to work. The whole 9. Today I make 6 figures & I always look back so I don't forget what it took to get here. The moral to the story is when you get a chance, take it. If you fuck that up and you get a second chance, thank God & make the most out of it, because you might not get a third.
It should of been the WU members seen as the first stop, not Roc-a-fella, but that would mean that no one signed solo deals. Even Raekwon is talking about it, just staying as a group with no solo's and GZA said "if brothers would write rhymes like they shoot pool and play ping pong, we would have 30 albums done." Less energy spent trying to go solo and more material concentrated as a whole together, but, it is what it is, hopefully they can sort through their crap.
This video is emotional man R.I.P I loved ODB always so real singing in and out of key. Crazy yelling to skits this man gave you an experience while being himself. Peace and love
Pharrell new what worked for Dirty
Dame dash sees $$$ signs
I think Dirty had it bad in prison and the fact he said wu members didn’t come visit him fucked with him mentally
How tf the parole officer got on a Rocawear jacket 15:15
Fly high Mcdirt!! Legends never die!!
Oversized shirts in effect
I find it funny, that a majority of the comments are praising the manager when he is prob the cause of his death. opportunist at its finest. I thought to myself if I was at my lowest would I want someone recording them talking about getting me a turkey sandwich & I decided no. dame dash should've stayed out of this shit as well Nasty stain on his rep
I find it funny, that a majority of the comments are praising the manager when he is prob the cause of his death. opportunist at its finest in
I still want to know what that Clothing Thing was about
21:00 where it hits
True friend Mariah Carey but he shouldn’t had sign to the Roc that was the issue with Damon signing ppl without jay approval that’s y jay wanted out Damon was doing Damon
He didn't belong on the Roc.
Neto Sintese
Something about this guy is so likable
His last show was he high?
"it's always the good ones that have to die"
I remember when I was a child. All I wanted to do was get as far away from the hood as possible. When I was a teenager, although I still wanted to get out, I started embracing the ghetto life. As an adult, I fucked around and got a good job that paid me enough to take care of my family, but I lost it because I had the street mentality instilled in me. On my road to redemption I've slept in cars, jail, homeless shelters, etc. I worked at McDonald's & places that paid less just to get a legit check. I've rode bikes in blizzards, walked hours to work. The whole 9. Today I make 6 figures & I always look back so I don't forget what it took to get here. The moral to the story is when you get a chance, take it. If you fuck that up and you get a second chance, thank God & make the most out of it, because you might not get a third.
It should of been the WU members seen as the first stop, not Roc-a-fella, but that would mean that no one signed solo deals. Even Raekwon is talking about it, just staying as a group with no solo's and GZA said "if brothers would write rhymes like they shoot pool and play ping pong, we would have 30 albums done." Less energy spent trying to go solo and more material concentrated as a whole together, but, it is what it is, hopefully they can sort through their crap.
16:58 what A song ????? Please
Wu Tang did him and in the end
The system killed odb man shits sad
Kenny wouldn’t be talking that smack to a real nigga he would had got more than just his feelings hurt.
This was sad how it was for odb and only one check for him was meth from the clan
Jail Broke The Dirt Dogg’s Spirit.
24:00 hey ass how you doing?? All them hoes was ready to go, she damn near stopped him and her referenced her as ass.
seeing odb gain all that weight makes me sad affff
ODB created reality TV
When he said they wasn't there for me, You can tell he was hurt. 🙁
Sad but amazing monumental footage
At the end of the day, mom and dad will always be one call away for me i love them both rip odb
The tear dropped when Dirt says "Eminem let me in……"….. as if he was ever "out"!?…….. it is more like Eminem should be begging to be "let in"…
damn he lied on Howard Stern saying he was sober for six months during the grammys
Dirty ain’t even know how big he was , he was legendary at that time and ain’t even know it
This video is emotional man R.I.P I loved ODB always so real singing in and out of key. Crazy yelling to skits this man gave you an experience while being himself. Peace and love
I bet he was a blast to be around
why the hell didn't anyone else visit him… sad
this complex. If my homie got locked up for beating his girl ass, that’d definitely change the dynamic between us