Editing Ol' Dirty Bastard (section)

==Legal issues==
In 1993, Ol' Dirty Bastard was convicted of second-degree [[assault]] for an attempted [[robbery]] and in 1994, he was shot in the abdomen following an argument with another rapper.<ref name=ODB_bio />  In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay [[child support]] for three of his children.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=November 13, 2004 |title=Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard Dies |publisher=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1493725/rapper-ol-dirty-bastard-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824021445/http://www.mtv.com/news/1493725/rapper-ol-dirty-bastard-dies/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2014 |quote=...ODB's real tussles with the law started in 1997, when he was arrested for failing to pay nearly a year's worth of child support for three children he had with his wife, Icelene Jones.}}</ref> In 1998, he pleaded guilty to attempted assault on his wife and was the victim of a [[home invasion]] robbery at his girlfriend's house. He was shot in the back and arm but the wounds were superficial.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Layne |first1=Anni |title=Ol' Dirty Bastard Leaves Hospital After Robbery Shooting |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ol-dirty-bastard-leaves-hospital-after-robbery-shooting-19980701 |access-date=December 10, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 1, 1998 |archive-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519111936/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ol-dirty-bastard-leaves-hospital-after-robbery-shooting-19980701 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 1998, only days after being shot in a push-in robbery at his girlfriend's house in Brooklyn, he was arrested for [[shoplifting]] a pair of $50 shoes from a Sneaker Stadium store in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]], although he was carrying close to $500 in cash at the time. He was issued [[bench warrant]]s by the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Department to stand trial after he failed to appear in court numerous times. He was arrested for [[Intimidation|criminal threatening]] after a series of confrontations in [[Los Angeles]] a few weeks later, and was then re-arrested for similar charges not long after that.  During a traffic stop, the details of which remain clouded in multiple versions of events, he was arrested for [[attempted murder]] and [[Criminal possession of a weapon|criminal weapon possession]].<ref name=vice /> The case was later dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |title=8 Explosive Finds in Wu-Tang Clan Member Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI Files|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/8-explosive-finds-in-wu-tang-clan-member-ol-dirty-bastards-fbi-files?ref=scroll|access-date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>

On January 14, 1999,<ref name=Lowebook>{{cite book |last=Lowe |first=Jaime |date=2008 |title=Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB |url=https://archive.org/details/diggingfordirtli00lowe|url-access=registration |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-86547-969-2 }}</ref> two officers from the Street Crimes Unit fired eight shots at Ol' Dirty Bastard and accused him of firing at them after they stopped his car in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ol' Dirty Bastard was cleared by a grand jury and insisted that the officers had been scared by his cellular phone.<ref>{{cite news |title= Success of Elite Police Unit Exacts a Toll on the Streets |last=Kocieniewski |first=David |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/diallo_commandos.html |date=February 15, 1999 |access-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> No weapons or shell casings (besides those of the officers) were found in the vehicle or near the scene.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In February 1999, he was arrested for [[Driver's license|driving without a license]] and for being a [[Felony|convicted felon]] wearing a [[bulletproof vest]]. At the time, it was illegal for felons to own body armor.<ref name=vice>{{cite news |title=Murder, Gun Trafficking and Rap Robberies: In Depth with Ol' Dirty Bastard's Surreal FBI File |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/murder-gun-trafficking-and-rap-robberies-in-depth-with-ol-dirty-bastards-surreal-fbi-file/ |access-date=December 10, 2014 |work=Vice |date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122112225/http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/murder-gun-trafficking-and-rap-robberies-in-depth-with-ol-dirty-bastards-surreal-fbi-file |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Back in New York weeks later, he was arrested for [[drug possession]] of [[crack cocaine]] and for traffic offenses. With multiple cases in the past and present, he was arrested with [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and 20 vials of crack.<ref name=NME01>{{cite news |title=ODB Pleads Guilty To Drugs Charge – The Wu-Tang Clan rapper admits possession of 20 vials of crack cocaine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/ol-dirty-bastard/7484 |access-date=April 4, 2013 |newspaper=NME |date=April 23, 2001}}</ref>

In October 2000, he escaped from his court-mandated [[Drug rehabilitation|drug treatment facility]] and spent one month as a fugitive. During his time on the run, he met with RZA and spent some time in their recording studio. He then appeared onstage at the [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] in New York drinking from a bottle at the record release party for ''[[The W]]'', the third Wu-Tang Clan album. In late November 2000, while still a fugitive, he was arrested outside a [[South Philadelphia]] [[McDonald's]] (at 29th and Gray's Ferry Ave.), after he drew a crowd while signing autographs. He spent several days in a [[Philadelphia]] jail and was later extradited to New York City. A [[Manhattan]] court sentenced him to two to four years incarceration. He was released on parole on May 1, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/inside_out_ol_dirty_bastards_wildly_entertaining_life_on_parole|title='Inside Out': Ol' Dirty Bastard's wildly entertaining life on parole|date=March 17, 2014|website=DangerousMinds}}</ref>

In 2012, his [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] file was released to the public after a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Rich |url=http://gun.io/blog/i-got-ol-dirty-bastards-fbi-file/ |title=Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI File |publisher=Gun.io |date=2012-01-12 |access-date=2012-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110210408/http://gun.io/blog/i-got-ol-dirty-bastards-fbi-file/ |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It contains details of numerous crimes, such as alleged connections to three murders, a [[shootout]] with the [[New York City Police Department]], and a [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] investigation against the Wu-Tang Clan.<ref name=FBIfile>{{cite web |title=FBI File – Russell Jones |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/77581648/FBI-File-of-Russell-Old-Dirty-Bastard-Jones |publisher=Federal Bureau Of Investigation |access-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=10 Shocking Revelations From Ol' Dirty Bastard's FBI File |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2695245/ol-dirty-bastard-fbi-file/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131022043/http://www.mtv.com/news/2695245/ol-dirty-bastard-fbi-file/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 25, 2021 |date=January 12, 2012}}</ref>