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Author: Jaime Lowe Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1429996099 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 278
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A fan's exploration of the man behind the myth Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones) rose to fame with the Wu-Tang Clan in the early '90s, his unorthodox rap style and reputation for erratic behavior putting him in a media spotlight. As a solo artist, he released two albums that went gold and achieved crossover fame through a duet with Mariah Carey that debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. But for the next decade, his life would be fueled by chaos and excess until it derailed completely, resulting in a fatal drug overdose in 2004 and leaving behind an enigmatic legacy and a remarkably diverse group of fans. In a compelling combination of personal narrative, biography, and cultural criticism, Digging for Dirt explores ODB's life, career, mythology, death, and the troubled trajectory of his public and private worlds. Jaime Lowe met with the people ODB affected and was most affected by—surviving members of the Wu-Tang Clan, his hip-hop contemporaries, his parents, his followers, his managers, his neighbors, and his friends—in an attempt to figure out the man behind the clown-prince persona, and the issues of race, celebrity, mental illness, and exploitation that surrounded his rise and fall.
Author: Jaime Lowe Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1429996099 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
A fan's exploration of the man behind the myth Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones) rose to fame with the Wu-Tang Clan in the early '90s, his unorthodox rap style and reputation for erratic behavior putting him in a media spotlight. As a solo artist, he released two albums that went gold and achieved crossover fame through a duet with Mariah Carey that debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. But for the next decade, his life would be fueled by chaos and excess until it derailed completely, resulting in a fatal drug overdose in 2004 and leaving behind an enigmatic legacy and a remarkably diverse group of fans. In a compelling combination of personal narrative, biography, and cultural criticism, Digging for Dirt explores ODB's life, career, mythology, death, and the troubled trajectory of his public and private worlds. Jaime Lowe met with the people ODB affected and was most affected by—surviving members of the Wu-Tang Clan, his hip-hop contemporaries, his parents, his followers, his managers, his neighbors, and his friends—in an attempt to figure out the man behind the clown-prince persona, and the issues of race, celebrity, mental illness, and exploitation that surrounded his rise and fall.
Author: Ridten Thautz Publisher: ISBN: 9781521362174 Category : Languages : en Pages : 116
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Dirty & Stinkin' is a story of how I became affiliated with the mega-group Wu-Tang Clan & The Ol' Dirty Bastard. Along with some in-depth perspective into the misconception of The Ol' Dirty Bastard. He was one of the nine members of the group (10 including Cappadonna) and definitely the most colorful. The purpose here is to shine some light onto a side of Ol' Dirty that some people haven't seen or heard about. The media has always depicted him in a very negative light, almost making him appear to be a psychopath. I've spent a substantial amount of time with, and around ODB. He was not the person projected by the cameras. He was a wild dude, but that was just a part of him. This is a story of my interactions with the 10 men, and what I've observed throughout the years. I had the privilege of being Wu-Tang affiliated through my cousins Mook & Masta Killa. Hopefully, by the time you reach the end of this book, you'll see ODB from a different perspective. You'll also get an inside view into the legends of Wu-Tang, life on the road, and some truth. Enjoy the book. Peace and continued blessings.
Author: Michael Cirelli Publisher: ISBN: Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 104
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Poetry. "Michael Cirelli has invented his own electric school of lyric, stamping an unflinching signature on soul-infused stanzas that are alternately tender, tough, revelatory and always, alwaays unapologetic. What's most amazing is that he possesses a voice that doesn't seem to have occurred before--its definitive drum works its way into your head and stays there, making you crave more of the infectious music he drops, exactly the way he drops it. Damn"--Patricia Smith Michael. Cirelli is from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the Executive Director of Urban Word NYC, an award-winning literary arts organization for teens. He is also the author of Hip-Hop Poetry & the Classics (Milk Mug, 2004), and received his MFA in poetry from the New School. His poems have appeared in the New York Quarterly, Texas Review, Hanging Loose, Word Is Bond, Spindle, among others. He has also been featured in World Literature Today, Spoken Word Revolution Redux, HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and King Magazine: The Illest Men's Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn.
Author: Jessica Clare Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0399587772 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 203
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Billionaire roughneck Knox Price finds himself twisted by desire for a yoga teacher in this new romance by the New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Scoundrel. Knox Price has always fallen short in comparison to his brothers. Boone is the ambitious one. Clay is the nice one. Gage is the handsome one. And Knox? Well, he's the cynical one. The odd man out in the ultra-wealthy but rather unique Price family. It's not that Knox hates people--it's that humanity always disappoints him. When you become an oil-rich, Texan billionaire overnight, people treat you a certain way. Just once he'd like to meet someone that isn't dazzled by his wallet. Then, he meets struggling yoga teacher Lexi Brandon. She's weird. She's unpredictable and tends to say strange things. She lurks in the bushes and dresses in all black. She loves when people cross the street to get away from her. Lexi's definitely not his type, but she's also the first one to ever truly see him and not just another rich, dirty Price. And that's...fascinating. But how do you catch the interest of a woman who goes out of her way to be odd? When an unexpected surprise throws them both for a loop, Knox decides it's time to get down and dirty, abandon the rules, and be who he truly is--a bastard.
Author: Lamont "U-God" Hawkins Publisher: Picador ISBN: 1250191181 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 304
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Selected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire "Couldn't put it down." – Charlamagne Tha God "Mesmerizing." – Raekwon da Chef "Insightful, moving, necessary." – Shea Serrano "Cathartic." –The New Yorker "A classic." –The Washington Post The explosive, never-before-told story behind the historicrise of the Wu-Tang Clan, as told by one of its founding members, Lamont "U-God" Hawkins. “It’s time to write down not only my legacy, but the story of nine dirt-bomb street thugs who took our everyday life—scrappin’ and hustlin’and tryin’ to survive in the urban jungle of New York City—and turned that into something bigger than we could possibly imagine, something that took us out of the projects for good, which was the only thing we all wanted in the first place.” —Lamont "U-God" Hawkins The Wu-Tang Clan are considered hip-hop royalty. Remarkably, none of the founding members have told their story—until now. Here, for the first time, the quiet one speaks. Lamont “U-God” Hawkins was born in Brownsville, New York, in 1970. Raised by a single mother and forced to reckon with the hostile conditions of project life, U-God learned from an early age how to survive. And surviving in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s was no easy task—especially as a young black boy living in some of the city’s most ignored and destitute districts. But, along the way, he met and befriended those who would eventually form the Clan’s core: RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and Masta Killa. Brought up by the streets, and bonding over their love of hip-hop, they sought to pursue the impossible: music as their ticket out of the ghetto. U-God’s unforgettable first-person account of his journey,from the streets of Brooklyn to some of the biggest stages around the world, is not only thoroughly affecting, unfiltered, and explosive but also captures, invivid detail, the making of one of the greatest acts in American music history.
Author: Emily Minton Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781537001647 Category : Motorcycle clubs Languages : en Pages : 216
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She's a biker chick with an edge. Daughter of an MC President, Trix Slade is used to living on the wild side, but nothing prepares her for being kidnapped by the Grim Bastards MC. Hell bent on getting back home, Trix will do anything to get away from her captors-anything. There's only one problem. Boz is as sexy as he is wild-a tempting combination for a woman like Trix. He's a bastard with a soul. The Bastards' president, Boz Creed, wants to bring Trix's father down and knows the best way to get to him is by using his precious daughter. Determined to get the revenge he seeks, Boz is willing to do anything to get what he wants-anything. There's only one problem. Trix is as sexy as she is stubborn-a deadly combination for a man like Boz. Can love between two rival clubs survive without someone taking the ultimate fall?
Author: Spencer Sadler Publisher: Amber Communications Group ISBN: 9780982492222 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 125
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On May 1, 2003, Russell Tyrone Jones was released on parole for a new and sober beginning. He had a megadeal for a new album and a clothing line all about sealed. After several months in a mental ward and a couple of years in jail, his new, high-profile management team arranged for a press conference to announce the fact that Ol' Dirty Bastard was back. Well, not Ol' Dirty Bastard, but a new Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt.
Author: Echo Slater Publisher: Echo Slater ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 263
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A rom-com with bikers? Oh, yeah. Age-gap romances between feisty heroines and their possessive heroes? Uh-huh. Insta-lust? You know it! Mike “Mad Dog” Teller didn’t want a woman. His wild partying life with the Wet Dicks Motorcycle Club needed zero changes. He was a content man until meeting Cameo Sutton. Though the sassy young woman puts the older man in his place, she’s only bluffing. Mad Dog is the sexiest bastard she’s ever seen. Of course, she can’t get enough of the tempting hunk. Enjoy the ride as Mad Dog makes Cameo his woman! "Dirty Bastard" is the first book in the Wet Dicks MC series and only suited for readers 18+.
Author: Chris Gibson Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus. ISBN: 174262149X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 305
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Chris Gibson, is one fat, drunk, angry bastard. He's tried every diet: Atkins, South Beach, Pritikin... Problem is he still can't get his pants on in the morning. And he got none of the genes of his movie star brother Mel. In his early 40s with a job he hates and a lifestyle that is killing him, Chris is having more than a mid-life crisis. He's having a life and death crisis... Memoirs of a Fat Bastard is a bittersweet account of how a middle-aged man on the road to destruction turned his life and health around on his own terms. It's a telling and frequently hilarious story of the ways in which some men can lose their way, and the way back to finding meaning and happiness amid the competing pressures of being provider, family man, and all-round good Aussie bloke.
Author: Jaime Lowe
Author: Jaime Lowe
Author: Ridten Thautz
Author: Michael Cirelli
Author: Jessica Clare
Author: Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
Author: Emily Minton
Author: Spencer Sadler
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Author: Chris Gibson