Ol' Dirty Bastard, often shortened to ODB (real name - Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper.  He was one of the founding members of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Jones was born on November 15, 1968 and died on  November 13, 2004.

Ol' Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual microphone technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones' "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes" delivered "in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style").

Jones' stage name came from a 1980 kung fu film entitled “Ol' Dirty & The Bastard”, the relevance of which was articulated by Method Man's assertion that there was "no father" to Jones's style.

After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard went on to a successful solo career. However, his professional success was hampered by his erratic personal behavior and frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died in late 2004 of congestive heart failure as a result of a drug overdose.