ODB Ready for His Close Up
Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s release from prison after serving a two-year
sentence for probation violations stemming from weapon and drug
charges will be the focus of ODB on Parole, the first
episode of VH1’s new cinema verite documentary series, Inside
Out, airing August 7th.
ODB (real name Russell Jones, though he now also answers to Dirt
McGirt) was released on May 1st after serving half of a four-year
prison term. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s release and an immediate
press conference to announce his signing to Jay-Z’s Roc-a-Fella
Records, will be included among the documentary’s footage, along
with meetings with his parole officer, interaction with family (he
has thirteen children) and resuming his creative process, as ODB
begins to write and record a new solo album and continue his
career.
“I thought I wasn’t gonna touch no more microphones or
something,” he said upon his release. “I was incarcerated for two
years and several months and it was hell out there. But I feel
good. I’m happy my eyes are open. I’m all right physically and
mentally . . . The first thing I wanted to do was give my mother a
hug.”
Inside Out has other episodes in the work. On August
24th, the show will focus on the creation of Warren Zevon’s final
album, which he undertook after learning he had terminal cancer.
Another episode will follow the birth of Velvet Revolver, the new
band featuring former Guns n’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and
Matt Sorum; no air date has been set.