{"id":605746,"date":"2026-07-27T01:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/605746\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:04:15","slug":"ol-dirty-bastard-has-his-own-new-york-city-street-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/605746\/","title":{"rendered":"Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard Has His Own New York City Street Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brooklyn street has a new name courtesy of one of the city\u2019s most esteemed rappers: Wu-Tang Clan\u2019s Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard<\/a>. During a ceremony<\/a> held today (July 26) with the late MCs friends, family, and a group of local officials, Putnam Avenue in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood was co-named ODB Jones Way in honor of the influential group\u2019s co-founder.<\/p>\n

Although Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard, real name Russell Tyrone Jones, was born and raised in Brooklyn\u2019s Fort Greene neighborhood, his connection to Bed-Stuy runs deep. At the ceremony<\/a>, the rapper\u2019s eldest brother, Ramsay Jones, told New York photographer Howie Weiss that the street sign went up at the corner of a block their grandmother still lives on today. The same block is also home to a well-known mural depicting the cover of Jones\u2019 first solo album, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version.<\/p>\n

The street renaming arrives over two decades after Jones died from an overdose in 2004 at the age of 35. Since then, two documentaries about his life and legacy have been released: an unauthorized 2013 film<\/a>, which Jones\u2019 estate attempted to block, and a 2023 movie<\/a> released on A&E with his family\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n

Read Sheldon Pearce\u2019s Sunday Review of Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version<\/a>.<\/p>\n