Eleven years ago rapper O.D.B., a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan
whose erratic behavior and incessant legal troubles made him a figure as
wild as his lyrics, collapsed and died inside a recording studio at age
35.
O.D.B. had recently
finished a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab
clinic. He had complained of chest pains before collapsing Saturday, and
was dead by the time paramedics arrived, said Gabe Tesoriero, a
spokesman for O.D.B.’s record label, Roc-a-Fella.