Jan 30, 2015
For this, the second episode of The
Chauncey DeVega Show of
2015, I chatted with Dr. Mickey Hess about the life and times of
the legendary hip-hop artist Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Mickey took on the challenge of tracking down Dirty's family,
friends, and fellow members of the seminal hip-hop group The
Wu-Tang Clan for his new book The Dirty Version: On Stage, In the Studio, and In
the Streets With Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
Hess's hip-hop vision quest paid off with a book full of great
stories and insights about Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones).
In this episode of The
Chauncey DeVega Show,
Mickey separates myth from fact. How did ODB feel about fame? What
was it like hanging out with Dirty's dear friend and fellow member
of the Wu-Tang Clan, Buddha Monk, at a Houlihan's restaurant? How
did Dirty's drug and alcohol use impact his art and life? Did ODB's
time in prison lead to his untimely death?
Mickey and I also talk about ODB's unbelievable adventures such as
lifting a car off of an injured child, crashing the Grammys, and of
course taking a limousine with his family to cash their monthly
welfare check.