passed away on the same day<\/a>, several years apart. \u201cI\u2019m so honored, my mother\u2019s honored,\u201d he said while expressing their gratitude for the gesture and outpouring of support. \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tWu-Tang Clan also marked the occasion on social media, celebrating the tribute to their late bandmate and inviting the public to attend the ceremony. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOl\u2019 Dirty Bastard. Unique Ason. Big Baby Jesus. Call him whatever you want \u2014 Bed-Stuy is calling it ODB Jones Way,\u201d they captioned a photo of Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard standing under the original street sign marking the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Putnam Avenue. \u201cWe heard you. We\u2019ll keep it raw. This Saturday, join @cmchiosse, the Jones family, and the community for the sign unveiling with music by J.PERIOD.Bring everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBorn Russell Tyrone Jones, Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard emerged as one of the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, helping to redefine East Coast hip-hop through acclaimed releases such as Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and Wu-Tang Forever.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe also found solo success with the albums Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version and Nigga Please, while earning widespread recognition through collaborations including \u201cFantasy (Remix)\u201d with Mariah Carey and \u201cGot Your Money\u201d featuring Kelis.<\/p>\n
\n\tOl\u2019 Dirty Bastard died on Nov. 13, 2004, after suffering an accidental drug overdose at a recording studio in New York City. He was 35 years old at the time of his passing. More than two decades later, the street bearing his name stands as a tribute to his influence on hip-hop and the community that helped shape his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard has been honored with a ceremonial street renaming in the Brooklyn community he long called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63,53101,40669],"class_list":["post-306697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-ol-dirty-bastard","tag-wu-tang-clan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306697","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=306697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}