All I know is that it takes a mighty big wreck to send out a press release WHILE IN REHAB, outlining plans to sue the government for ownership of New York City because you claim to be the descendant of the Native American chief who was duped into selling Manhattan to settlers. And when was the last time Diana Ross or Richard Simmons bum-rushed the stage during someone else's Grammy acceptance speech, screaming that they're "for the children" as millions of people look on in terror?! And how many convicted crack-heads do YOU know that have been included on a tribute compilation album celebrating the music of Phil Collins?
It seems pretty simple to me. ODB is the epitome of what it is to be a TRAINWRECK. You think you know someone wreckier?
What follows is a nowhere-near-complete list of ODB's WRECKiest moments. YOU be the judge...
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
At the 1998 Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 24, the rapper interrupted the presentation of the Song of the Year Grammy to Shawn Colvin in order to speak about the injustice he perceived when the Wu-Tang Clan lost the Best Rap Album Grammy to another superstar rapper, Puff Daddy & the Family. "I went and bought me an outfit today that cost me a lot of money, because I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win," the rapper declared. "I don't know how you all see it, but when it comes to the children, Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best. I want you all to know that this is ODB, and I love you all. Peace."
EARLIER THAT DAY...
ODB was in the studio with the Wu group Twelve O'Clock, in Brooklyn, when they rushed to the aid of a four-year-old girl who had been hit by a car outside of the studio.
The child was trapped underneath the vehicle when Dirty and some of his friends lifted the car off of her. She was taken to the hospital and treated for first and second degree burns from the car's engine.
APRIL 28, 1998
During a taping of the late night talk show "Vibe" on Friday, the rapper who began life as Russell Jones declared, "There's no more ODB no more. No, there's no more Osiris, that's all lies. From now on, my name is Big Baby Jesus."
"I always been Jesus," ODB/Jesus told MTV News on Monday. "I don't know what the big secret's been all these years. Hanging pictures up on the wall and crosses and things of that nature, I mean, it's all good, but the truth's gonna be revealed one day, and one day the truth's been revealed."
MAY 20, 1998
After missing two court dates in the matter, rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard turned up in Kings County Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning to face charges that he is a deadbeat dad.
According to the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, O.D.B. (who was born Russell Jones and recently adopted the moniker Big Baby Jesus) stepped before the judge and signed an agreement to pay $35,000 in back child support owed to Icelene Jones, the mother of three of his many children.
JULY 4, 1998
ODB allegedly shoplifted a pair of $50 Nike sneakers from Sneaker Stadium, as police 400 miles away continued their investigation into the June 30 robbery in which ODB was shot in the back.
The 29-year-old rapper was accused of donning a new pair of Nikes, then exiting the store without paying for them, according to an Associated Press report. Daniel Johnson, loss prevention manager for Sneaker Stadium, would not comment on the incident.
The latest alleged incident took place just 96 hours after ODB sustained superficial wounds during a robbery and shooting at his cousin's Brooklyn apartment.
ODB (who was born Russell Jones, but who also goes by the names Osirus and Big Baby Jesus) was allegedly caught in the theft by an employee monitoring a closed-circuit video camera, according to the AP.
AUGUST 13, 1998
The always-unpredictable rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard now has three warrants out for his arrest.
And, according to court officials, he's in deeper trouble than ever.
With his most recent failure to appear on Thursday (Aug. 13), the iconoclastic ODB has quadrupled the potential punishment related to the initial July 4 incident, in which he is accused of shoplifting a $50 pair of Nike shoes from a Sneaker Stadium store.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1998
Wanted in Virginia for failing to appear to answer charges of shoplifting, notorious Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested again Wednesday night, this time for making terrorist threats against a West Hollywood, Calif., club, according to police.
Attending a Des'ree concert at the House of Blues with a female companion, the Wu-Tang Clan member and solo artist was causing a commotion inside the club before he was taken out by security and told he would not be allowed back in to the venue, according to Lt. Dave Long of the West Hollywood Sheriff's Department.
At that point, ODB began threatening the staff at the club, saying he would return with "his homies" to kill them, Long said.
OCTOBER 8, 1998
Already a fugitive of justice in Virginia, Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is now a wanted man in California as well.
The 29-year-old rapper was a no-show in Beverly Hills Municipal Court on Thursday (Oct. 8), where he was due to answer charges on three felony counts of making terrorist threats at the House of Blues.
NOVEMBER 6, 1998
Ol' Dirty Bastard (a.k.a. Russell Jones) was arrested Thursday afternoon in Carson, Calif., on suspicion of threatening his ex-girlfriend, according to a Reuters news agency report. The rapper allegedly tried to climb a security gate at the workplace of his ex-girlfriend, the mother of his one-year-old child; the woman had called police earlier in the week claiming ODB had threatened her life. ODB posted the $500,000 bail and was released Friday afternoon (Nov. 6).
DECEMBER 24, 1998
"What do they think they're doing? Where did you get that idea?" ODB said. He added angrily, "Those motherfucking people in Virginia. What are they motherfucking thinking?"
ODB, who is accused of stealing a pair of $50, size-11 Nike shoes from a sneaker store on July 4, was then pulled aside mid-rant by one of the many associates in his posse and told not to comment. The rapper returned, adding, "I take all that shit back."
Asked if he had any plans to fly to Virginia to face the charges, ODB said, "Not today. I love it in L.A. The girls' ass look tight. Not a lot of cellulite. ... And I've got shows to do. I'm just chillin'."
ODB, who announced earlier this year that he was changing his name to Big Baby Jesus and who also calls himself Osirus, identified himself that night as "DJ Coolie Hot."
JANUARY 16, 1999
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested after a shootout with Brooklyn police Friday, according to police.
The 29-year-old ODB and a companion, Frederick Cuffie, were taken into custody at about 8:15 p.m., according to Detective Robert Moore of the 77th Precinct, where the suspects were being held. "It's still being investigated," Moore said.
FEBRUARY 4, 1999
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard blasted New York law enforcement Thursday (Feb. 4), saying he plans to sue the police department for "as much money as I can get."
Speaking at a press conference a day after a grand jury decided not to indict him on attempted-murder charges, ODB said, "They took shots at me. Now I'm taking shots back at y'all."
"Of course I'm going to file a lawsuit," he added, at the law offices of his attorney in New York City. "As much money as I can get, I'm going to get it."
ODB told reporters, "Wu-Tang don't be f---ing with nobody, so don't f--- with us. That goes for the FBI, CIA, all you motherf---ers."
He also said his next solo album should be out in June.
FEBRUARY 15, 1999
During a recent impromptu interview, ODB stopped mid-sentence to tenderly touch his cheek and mutter something about an abscess. But when asked to explain, he was decidedly vague. "It's gonna be in the papers," he said. "I think someone punched me in the face — no, no one punched me in the face. Ain't nothing really happened.
"It's just going away; no more infection," he continued after some silence, adding that he would see a dentist later that day. "Please don't study it."
MARCH 1, 1999
The Feb. 16 arrest of Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard for wearing a bulletproof vest was the first such bust based on a new California law, according to officers at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division. The law, which went into effect last month, forbids convicted felons from wearing body armor.
MARCH 22, 1999
Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested Monday morning (March 22) in Brooklyn, N.Y., for allegedly possessing three envelopes of crack cocaine, according to Valerie St. Rose, a spokesperson for New York police.
"Three glassine envelopes were found on him," St. Rose said, adding that the drugs were discovered during a routine search of the rapper, after he was arrested on vehicular violations.
This was ODB's fifth arrest since September.
MAY 18, 1999
For the second time in a month, Ol' Dirty Bastard went to the wrong Los Angeles County courthouse Tuesday (May 18). As a result, a hearing on charges that he illegally wore a bulletproof vest was postponed until June 2. The Wu-Tang Clan MC went to Santa Monica Superior Court -- where he's due to appear on terrorist-threat charges Wednesday -- instead of Los Angeles Superior Court downtown, the site of the vest hearing, according to a clerk at the latter court. ODB showed up at the downtown courthouse after Judge Richard Berry postponed the hearing. The rapper, who wore blue-jean overalls and a white shirt with its price tags showing, said his second solo album is done; it's due in stores in July.
AUGUST 2, 1999
Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested Saturday for the ninth time in more than a year, this time for alleged possession of crack cocaine and marijuana, according to Queens, N.Y., police.
Police said the Wu-Tang Clan rapper had 20 bags of crack and a glassine envelope of marijuana in his pants pockets when they pulled him over for running a red light in a 1994 Mercedes-Benz at 2:28 a.m. in the Queens Village neighborhood.
AUGUST 12, 1999
A Los Angeles judge issued a warrant Thursday (Aug. 12) for Ol' Dirty Bastard's arrest after the Wu-Tang Clan rapper failed to appear for an arraignment hearing in a case in which he's charged with illegally wearing a bulletproof vest. The 30-year-old ODB (born Russell T. Jones) will be arrested as soon as he surrenders or is picked up by police, Superior Court clerk Cathy Miers said. Judge Martha Revel also revoked ODB's bail, which will be reset after his arrest. ODB is due in Queens (N.Y.) Criminal Court on Friday to be arraigned on charges of possessing 20 bags of crack cocaine and some marijuana. On Wednesday, another ODB crack-possession case, in Brooklyn, N.Y., was continued following a preliminary hearing.
AUGUST 13, 1999
Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is in a drug rehab center in Carmel, N.Y., following two arrests in less than five months in which he was allegedly found with crack cocaine.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1999
ODB releases his solo album, "Nigga Please".
"I wanna lock all the bitches down from the north to the east to the south to the west," he announces on "Cracker Jack" over background vocals that repeat, "You can't do nuthin'. ... I want you to suck my lizard. ... I want a different girl every day."
ODB also makes several racial decrees on the album, lashing out against white people and proclaiming himself "the only black God" on "Rollin' wit You"."All you white-ass motherfuckers, y'all can't ever take over. You shut the fuck up," he screams.
"I'm not talking about all white people, just those upper-class [people] who never stepped foot in the ghetto," he explained.
"Rollin' wit You" features female singers proclaiming, "Jesus, I'm rollin' with you." Apparently, they're referring to ODB, who last year announced that he had adopted a new nickname, "Big Baby Jesus."
JANUARY 18, 2000
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was discharged from the live-in drug-treatment facility Impact House and sent to Los Angeles County Jail on Thursday (Jan. 13) for allegedly getting drunk following a New York court appearance on drug charges. The rapper is due in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 25 for a hearing. According to Queens, N.Y., prosecutor Ken Holder, the rapper and his Impact counselor appeared to be at odds during the Jan. 10 hearing in Queens Criminal Court and took different planes back to Los Angeles. Impact discharged ODB after discovering he had a bottle of alcohol in his possession upon arriving in Los Angeles, Holder said. The rapper was sentenced to complete a year at the Pasadena, Calif., facility after being convicted in November of making terrorist threats in one case and wearing a bulletproof vest in another. Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Daniel said she will seek a jail sentence "at the very least, if not state prison."
JANUARY 19, 2000
A Queens (N.Y.) Criminal Court judge issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ol' Dirty Bastard on Wednesday (Jan. 19) after the MC failed to appear on charges he possessed 20 bags of crack cocaine in July, Queens prosecutor Ken Holder said. ODB (born Russell Jones), who is also considered a fugitive in Brooklyn for failing to show up for a drug hearing there last week, couldn't appear for the latest hearing, because he is jailed at the Biscaluz Recovery Center of Los Angeles County Jail for an alleged probation violation.
MARCH 24, 2000
Jailed rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard admitted in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning (March 24) that he violated probation by possessing alcohol.
Dressed in a blue jail outfit, ODB (born Russell T. Jones) entered the courtroom accompanied by a court bailiff and sat down for the proceedings. The rapper, who in the past has made a spectacle out of himself in court by picking his nose, falling asleep and shouting obscenities, appeared disheveled and distraught but remained calm.
JUNE 26, 2000
Ol' Dirty Bastard has been sentenced to six months in rehab following three months of court-ordered psychological assessments and tests. Since being arrested last year for wearing an illegal bullet-proof vest and making alleged terrorism threats, ODB has exhibited increasing bizarre behaviour, especially during court appearances back in January. Highlights during the hearing came when he asked the female prosecutor, 'Do you find me horny?', yelled 'sperm donor!' and fall asleep during proceedings.
"I always love the pussy, and when I was seven years old, I had forty girlfriends. I think if a billionaire lost all of his fuckin’ money instantly, if he’s getting the nut, that’s the happiest moment of his muthafuckin’ life. The weed and money have a lot to do with the royal family as well."
"I’m gonna tell you like this. The next time I come out, I’m gonna be Count Blackula. The lights will go off and it’ll be like, "Introducing... Count Blackula!" That’s how I’m coming out!"
I'm like the phone company. I'm reaching out and touching you all as hard as I can."
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