Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004) was a Grammy award nominated[1] American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard. He was one of the founding members of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Ol' Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual microphone technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones' "outrageously profane