O.D.B., Controversial Rap Artist, Dies at 35
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Russell T. Jones, the rap artist known as O.D.B., was a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan and made a large imprint on rap music in the 1990's.
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Ahmet Ertegun, a Turkish diplomat's  son whose passion for America's black music inspired him to  launch Atlantic Records and the careers of acts ranging from  Ray Charles to Aretha Franklin, died in New York on Thursday,  the record label said. He was 83.
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NEW YORK - The rap artist known at Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard collapsed and died inside his recording studio Saturday. He was 35. He would have turned 36 on Monday.
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Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard collapsed and died in his Manhattan studio on Saturday. He was 35. His mother Cherry Jones released the following statement.
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Wu Tang founder Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard died of an accidental drugs overdose, it was revealed yesterday. The rapper - real name Russell Jones - died suddenly last month after complaining of chest pains.
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Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
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Influential Southern rapper Pimp C died of an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs he had named in his lyrics Â codeine and promethazine, the county coroner's office ruled Monday.
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Bun B, the Port Arthur, Tex. rapper, performed a tough, courageous tribute to Pimp C, his partner in the pioneering duo UGK, who was found dead in a hotel room last year.
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The cause of rap star ODB's death may not be known for a week while medical tests are carried out, officials say.
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The death of rapper O.D.B. was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said Wednesday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
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LOS ANGELES  - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.
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The rapper Busta Rhymes was sentenced on Wednesday to three yearsâ probation and 10 days of community service for assaulting his former driver and a fan, The Associated Press reported. Busta Rhymes, 35, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was also fined $1,250 and ordered to pay court costs for driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license. He pleaded guilty to the charges, stemming from four separate incidents, in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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Hip-hop has such a negative connotation in some circles that some people equate it with thuggery or crime &#151; an unfair depiction that DMC of the legendary rap group Run-DMC is trying to dispel.
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The autopsy to determine what caused the death of rap star ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) could take up to a week to be completed, US officials have said.
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US rapper ODB, who collapsed at a Manhattan recording studio, last month, died of a drug overdose.
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By Lisa Redmond, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  May 24--LOWELL -- At 5 a.m. last Friday, Andre "Dre" Young's life came to a bloody end.   After a "confrontation" with Juan Carlos Felix and Eliezer Montanez in their 5 Warwick St.
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The results of an autopsy have revealed that rapper ODB died from a drugs overdose. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office announced yesterday that the rap-singer, real name Russell Jones, had taken cocaine