Editing Ol' Dirty Bastard (section)

===Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan===
Russell Tyrone Jones was born on November 15, 1968, in the [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]] section of [[Brooklyn]], New York City.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|author=Zachary Schwartz|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ten-years-later-after-his-death-new-yorkers-still-love-ol-dirty-bastard-456/|title=Ten Years After His Death, New Yorkers Still Love Ol' Dirty Bastard|date=2014-11-10|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> On the 1997 released Wu-Tang track "Reunited", Jones claimed his ancestors sold Manhattan to Europeans.  Later in an interview on the Howard Stern show on the 26th of February 1998, Jones detailed his Shinnecock indigenous heritage publicly. He and his cousins [[RZA|Robert Diggs]] and [[GZA|Gary Grice]] shared a taste for rap music and martial arts-style movies.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Jones, Diggs, and Grice (later known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA respectively) formed the group Force of the Imperial Master, which became known as All in Together Now after their successful underground single of the same name. They eventually added six more members to their group, calling it the Wu-Tang Clan. The group released their debut album ''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]'' in 1993, receiving notable commercial and critical success.

His stage name was derived from the 1980 Chinese martial arts film ''Ol' Dirty and the Bastard'' (also called ''An Old Kung Fu Master'', starring [[Yuen Siu-tien]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6240&display_set=eng |title=An Old Kung Fu Master (1981) |website=HKMDB.com |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref> According to fellow Wu-Tang Clan member [[Method Man]], Ol' Dirty Bastard's name was also a reference to the unique nature of his rapping and, specifically, the fact "there ain't no father to his style."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/Wu-tang-clan-can-it-be-all-so-simple-intermission-lyrics |title=Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission Lyrics |website=Genius.com |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kenyonreview.org/2016/01/no-father-to-his-style-from-biz-markie-to-ol-dirty/ |title=No Father to His Style |website=kenyonreview.org |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thesource.com/2017/11/13/no-father-style-10-iconic-ol-dirty-bastard-joints/ |title=No Father to His Style: 10 Iconic Ol' Dirty Bastard Joints |website=TheSource.com |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>