{"id":306215,"date":"2026-07-27T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306215\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:49:08","slug":"brooklyn-street-renamed-in-honour-of-ol-dirty-bastard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306215\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn street renamed in honour of Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Brooklyn Zoo now has an official address.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jack White reunites with daughter Scarlett on stage in Brooklyn\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/jack-white-scarlett-on-stage-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn\u2019s<\/a> Bed-Stuy neighbourhood has officially honoured one of hip-hop\u2019s most chaotic legends.<\/p>\n<p>Putnam Avenue now shares street-sign space with ODB Jones Way, celebrating Wu-Tang Clan co-founder <a title=\"A new reissue of Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard\u2019s \u2018Return to the 36 Chambers\u2019 is coming\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/a-new-reissue-of-ol-dirty-bastards-return-to-the-36-chambers-is-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard<\/a> following a ceremonial unveiling on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Born Russell Tyrone Jones in nearby Fort Greene, the iconic rapper\u2019s legacy was cemented at the corner of Franklin and Putnam Avenues, the very block where his grandmother still resides and where a mural of his debut album <a title=\"Wu-Tang Clan are returning to Australia for two huge 36 Chambers 25th anniversary shows\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/wu-tang-clan-are-returning-to-australia-for-two-huge-36-chambers-25th-anniversary-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Return To The 36 Chambers<\/a> adorns the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Family, friends, and council member Chi Oss\u00e9 gathered for the emotional co-naming, with ODB\u2019s brother Ramsey Jones present to witness the historic moment.<\/p>\n<p>The tribute ensures the \u201cBrooklyn Zoo\u201d MC\u2019s influence remains permanently etched into the streets that raised him. Wu-Tang is forever, and now so is ODB Jones Way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Zoo now has an official address. Brooklyn\u2019s Bed-Stuy neighbourhood has officially honoured one of hip-hop\u2019s most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1123,9,24,63,3354],"class_list":["post-306215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-hip-hop","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}