DIRTY: A Revealing Film on Late Rapper ODB debuts in Harlem

November 3, 8:39 AMNY Urban Culture ExaminerNicaila Matthews

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Late rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard
MTV News

Before there was Kanye West, the act of crashing award stages was made famous by Russell Tyrone Jones, better known as Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB). A founding member of Hip-Hop group Wu-Tang Clan, ODB was infamous for his outrageous antics and vocal, profane outbursts; the most famous of which being the 1998 Grammy Awards, when ODB interrupted Shawn Colvin’s acceptance speech to announce "Wu-Tang are for the children." But, behind the erratic and often absurd behavior of the eccentric rapper, was an influential force in Hip-Hop music. ODB became one of the most well-known members of Wu-Tang Clan and went on to a successful solo career. After his untimely death of an accidental drug overdose in 2004, his life remained a mystery to many. On Tuesday, November 10, ImageNation hosts a revealing look into the life of the late rapper with the premiere of documentary DIRTY: One Word Can Change The World.

DIRTY is a personal tribute to one of the most enigmatic, controversial and tragic figures in Hip-Hop music history, Ol' Dirty Bastard, or just ODB for those in the know. As famous for his years with legendary Hip-Hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and his seemingly crazed, slurred, half-sung, half-rapped delivery of wild lyrics that seemed to encapsulate and personify the raw, unadulterated and innovative style of the group as he was for the years following a successful solo career that was fraught with legal troubles and an eventual tragic death."
-ImageNation

DIRTY features interviews with ODB, his family and friends, and other Wu-Tang Clan members. Thursday's premiere screening at the National Black Theatre will open with a live performance by ODB's group Brooklyn Zu. The evening will conclude with a panel discussion featuring director Raison Allah, members of Wu Tang Clan, members of Brooklyn Zu, author Terrie Williams and psychologist and TV personality Dr. Jeff Gardere. Panelists will discuss ODB's life, his work and the issues of mental health and substance abuse in the Black community.

Location: NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE
2031 FIFTH AVE. (Between 125th St. & 126th St.)
$15 in advance. $20 at the door
Tickets are available starting Nov. 3rd. 
 

Buy Tickets: TicketLeap   More Information: www.imagenation.us/pages/main.htm