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This day in hip-hop history features Naughty by Nature's misunderstood classic, Babyface's emotional entreaties, Shaggy's post-military raunch and more.

Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s oldest son, Bar-son Jones, reveals chilling details of his father’s life and death.

After making up with Diddy recently, Shyne has gone back to dissing him in a new interview, and is also claiming he'll return to the U.S. by spring. "For whatever reason President Obama don't see the benefit that I bring," Shyne explained...

Looks like Ol' Dirty Bastard's finally going to get his moment on the big screen -- in a way. While a documentary about the fallen Wu-Tang member was released in 2009, it has been revealed that actor Michael K. Williams (best known as 'The Wire's gay hit man Omar Little) has been cast to play ODB in the feature 'Dirty White Boy,' a biopic about ...

Musicians have the most interesting lives, so interesting that biopics are often made about them. However, if their main hustle is in fact music, then why aren't there more musicals made in their honor? Sure The Who had 'Tommy,' The Beatles had 'Rain' and someone attempted to make a musical around David Bowie's 'Major Tom' -- he put the kabash on that though...

Ol' Dirty Bastard was a man of lyrical talents during his storied music career. He also was a man who found himself in a string of legal troubles. Seven years after his death, the Wu-Tang Clan member's FBI files are being disclosed. In the 94-page file, which was obtained by a man named Rich Jones, who used a Freedom of Information Act request to get access, a look is given into ODB's troubled lif

Numbers have always played a key role in Wu-Tang Clan mythology -- '36 Chambers,' '8 Diagrams,' etc. -- so it's fitting that group mastermind RZA would issue a tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard on the seventh anniversary of his death. Earlier this week, RZA dedicated his new video for the mournful track 'Gone' to ODB, as well as to fellow rapper Heavy D, boxing legend Joe Frazier and "all the fall

Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol' Dirty Bastard has certainly been missed since his untimely death in 2004. But now you can get another taste of the wordsmith's non sequitur rhyme schemes and gold teeth trollops with the Get Down Records reissue of 'Return to the 36 Chambers...

Collegiate rapper Asher Roth wasn't always always the fun-loving go-kart and beer pong enthusiast you see today. Back in the day, Roth explained to MTV, his crew repped the 5 elements much more hardcore. "We were called 'Suburban Threat,'" Roth revealed...

A documentary film about Wu-Tang rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is scheduled to premiere at Harlem's National Black Theatre on Tuesday, November 10. 'Dirty: One Word Can Change the World' was directed by ODB's cousin, Raison Allah. The film chronicles the life of the gifted vocalist and hip-hop icon, and features interviews with members of the Wu, Sunz of Man, Killarmy, the Black Knights and the Brookly