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Bumper
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« on: Nov 13^th, 2004, 10:17pm »

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O.D.B. D O A

November 13, 2004, 10:18 PM EST Newsday.com

NEW YORK -- The rap artist O.D.B., whose demented rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35.

O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, said Gabe Tesoriero, a spokesman for Roc-a-Fella records. He was dead by the time paramedics reached him, Tesoriero said.

The cause of death was not immediately clear, but O.D.B. had recently finished a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab clinic.

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Given the lifestyle, it's no surprise that this happened. Way too many check out of this world due to the use and abuse of drugs. Sad

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« Reply #1 on: Nov 15^th, 2004, 8:07am »

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Here's his picture.

I've never heard of him but this just made me real sad. So young to die... Sad

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I'm led back to one of my favorite phrases...

"We each make choices in this life, and those choices have rewards and consequences..."

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« Reply #3 on: Nov 15^th, 2004, 12:21pm »

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How true, Rhune. Those choices lead some to joy and others to misery.

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While drugs are a very compelling addiction, it was ultimately his choice to run away from treatment and not seek help.

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Carey, Friends Gather for O.D.B. Funeral
Nov 19, 8:06 AM EST

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NEW YORK -- Family and friends of the late rapper O.D.B. including Grammy-winning singer Mariah Carey packed a church Thursday in the vicinity where he grew up to remember one of hip-hop's most original characters.

The rapper, born Russell Tyrone Jones, died at age 35 after a life blessed with musical success he co-founded the seminal rap group Wu-Tang Clan and beset by personal problems, including drugs, alcohol and prison.

But his daughter, Taniqua Jones, recalled him as "a big kid" who enjoyed candy, cooking and spending time with his children.

"One thing I know," she told the overflow crowd.

"My father will be missed all around the world."

Carey, who collaborated with Ol' Dirty Bastard on a remix of her hit "Fantasy," wore sunglasses and a black outfit as she walked to his casket during a wake before the service. Carey stopped to study a collage of pictures featuring the hip-hop star.

Another Wu-Tang member, RZA, told the audience he felt guilty for not intervening when Jones' lifestyle veered out of control.

"The use of alcohol, drugs and sex will take any one of us out of here," he said. Other speakers included Jones' daughter Shaquita and son Bar-son. A large contingent of the rapper's family filled the front of the church during the nearly two-hour service.

"My heart is thrashing, my soul is breaking, my father is freed, and now he has awakened," said Shaquita, reading a poem she wrote after the rapper's death.

O.D.B. collapsed and died Saturday inside a Manhattan recording studio. The cause of death remained undetermined, but the 35-year-old rapper had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction.

Family members mingled outside the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn before entering the church, where the late rapper's body lay inside a half-open casket bestrewn with flowers. More than a dozen standing floral arrangements flanked the casket.

Among the early arrivals for the second day of Jones' wake was fan Gary Harrington, 35, of Brooklyn.

"He was just a natural," said Harrington. "He wasn't a phony. He was a natural man."

One day earlier, a wake for fans in Harlem was held at a church there.

Jones' troubled life landed him in jail for drug possession and escaping from a rehabilitation clinic. He had just finished his prison term a few months before his death.

Copyright 2003 Associated Press.

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