Rapper O.D.B dead at 35

[BEER980]

The Associated Press
Updated: 11:30 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2004

NEW YORK - The rap artist O.D.B., whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35.

O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, and was dead by the time paramedics arrived, said Gabe Tesoriero, a spokesman for O.D.B.’s record label, Roc-a-Fella.

The cause of death was not immediately clear, but O.D.B. had recently finished a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab clinic. He would have turned 36 on Monday.

[JQ Public]

[Lindaloo]

I have no idea who this is. But this is sad all the same.

[j]

Deeply saddened as well. Another great artist and role model for our youth gone.

[GalvestonDuck]

He was my age, but I feel old! I can't name one song that ODB or Wu-Tang Clan performed.

[TexasStooge]

Today, BET is paying tribute to ODB by showing an encore presentation of his last appearance on "Rap City: Tha Bassment".

[HurricaneGirl]

His heart was probably damaged from years of cocaine abuse and it just gave out. I don't know who he was but it's still a shame that happened to him at such a young age.