Ol' Dirty Bastard

Rock the Bells, one of the most lauded annual hip-hop festivals to exist, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2013. The lineup for this year's event has been announced and the caliber of talent includes major players from today in addition to some legends that have passed away.

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...

It's that time of year again and award season is upon us. On Sunday (Feb. 13), fans, artists, industry execs and everyone in between will convene at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, to celebrate the industries top hitmakers on music's biggest night...

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...

Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard left an undeniably lofty legacy behind when he passed away in November 2004. Unfortunately, as is often the case with recording artists, there's still an ongoing fight over rights to his music and a particularly troubling accusation has surfaced regarding ODB's final record...

'Pollen: The Swarm Part Three' -- volume three in Wu-Tang Clan's Swarm franchise -- will drop June 22, but fans eager for the "real WUTANG indulgence," as the group puts it, can head over to AOL's new releases now and stream the album its entirety...