Ol’ Dirty Bastard Podcast Set With USG Audio, Novel & Talkhouse

Peter White
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EXCLUSIVE: Ol’ Dirty Bastard, one of the founders of the Wu Tang Clan, is getting the podcast treatment.

A new series, hosted by Khalik Allah, will tell the story of the rapper, the stage-crashing, secret weapon of the Staten Island group.

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Eight-part series ODB: A Son Unique will explore the complex man also known as Ason Unique (and born Russell Tyrone Jones), who struggled with addiction and mental health and died in 2004, a few days before his 36th birthday.

The show, which launches on November 7, comes from USG Audio, Novel and Talkhouse.

Host Khalik Allah, who started his career photographing the Wu Tang Clan, will explore the story of the young prankster who grew up in Brooklyn before becoming part of hip hop history. As well as the Wu Tang records, he also recorded three solo albums – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, Nigga Please and A Son Unique.

It will feature archival interviews with Popa Wu, who served as a mentor for both Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Allah, and new interviews with Buddha Monk, Raekwon, detective Derrick Parker, Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s brother Ramsey Jones, biographer Jaime Lowe, lawyer Peter Frankel, and writer and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib.

USG Audio is behind series such as Alligator Candy, The Lost Kids, The Followers: House of Prayer and The End Up. Novel is behind series such as The Bellingcat Podcast and Superhero Complex, while Talkhouse is behind How Long Gone, Alison Roman’s Solicited Advice, That’s How I Remember It with Craig Finn and Jeff Tweedy’s Listening.

Listen to the trailer here.

Allah said, “To me, Ol’ Dirty Bastard is a legend and a prophet of hip hop. To lend my voice as a host to this podcast has been a true honor and a way of praising the life of one of the most unique geniuses in music. Our lives intersected in many ways, from having mutual friends to both having been enrolled in the curriculum of the Five Percent Nation. Working on this podcast has been a privilege and now I hope the world gains a new perspective on the short but profound life of Ason Unique, also known as the Ol’ Dirty Bastard; the Brooklyn emcee stormed the 1998 Grammy stage and said ‘Wu Tang is for the children.’”

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