Post by XLNC on Dec 1, 2004 1:45:25 GMT -5
On Thursday night, throngs of fans and friends who loved the talented wildman joined those who knew Jones simply as Rusty — his family, here to say goodbye for now. Members of Wu-Tang and Roc-A-Fella head Damon Dash were among those in the congregation with Dirty's parents, children and the rest of his family.
RZA was powerful and stirring, speaking with grace about his departed cousin and fellow Clan member. "He was a unique soul in the family," RZA said. "Everywhere he went, people fell in love with him immediately."
RZA remembered back to when Jones was a young teenager and chose the righteous name of Ason Unique. He said that as Ason Unique, his cousin was radiant, beautiful and angelic, more powerful than he was in the ODB persona. As the years passed and RZA gave him the name of Ol' Dirty Bastard, he noticed his cousin changing more and more, adopting the characteristics of his stage moniker and going wild.
Remorsefully, RZA admitted that as Dirty's troubles with various vices grew, he told him, "I'm dying." RZA said he thought Dirty was high, but in fact, his cousin was suffering. He warned the congregation that we all need to keep love in our hearts and never neglect family.
During the course of the funeral, there were also pleas from the residing pastor, Reverend A. R Bernard, and Dirty's cousin Papa Wu for those attending to not forget Dirty's kids nor the youth of the hip-hop culture.
The past, however, spoke volumes as ODB's going-home ceremony neared an end. A band started playing the beat to "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" as a video montage of Dirty was shown on two huge hanging screens. Some men took it upon themselves to fill in for the deceased star, standing up in the church and rapping his lines for him as loud as he would have.
"Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yay/ Gimme the mic so I can take it away/ Off on a natural charge, bon voyage/ Yeah, from the home of the Dodgers, Brooklyn squad/ Wu-Tang Killerrr Bees on a swarm! ... Ooooooh baby I like it raaaaawwwwww!"
RZA was powerful and stirring, speaking with grace about his departed cousin and fellow Clan member. "He was a unique soul in the family," RZA said. "Everywhere he went, people fell in love with him immediately."
RZA remembered back to when Jones was a young teenager and chose the righteous name of Ason Unique. He said that as Ason Unique, his cousin was radiant, beautiful and angelic, more powerful than he was in the ODB persona. As the years passed and RZA gave him the name of Ol' Dirty Bastard, he noticed his cousin changing more and more, adopting the characteristics of his stage moniker and going wild.
Remorsefully, RZA admitted that as Dirty's troubles with various vices grew, he told him, "I'm dying." RZA said he thought Dirty was high, but in fact, his cousin was suffering. He warned the congregation that we all need to keep love in our hearts and never neglect family.
During the course of the funeral, there were also pleas from the residing pastor, Reverend A. R Bernard, and Dirty's cousin Papa Wu for those attending to not forget Dirty's kids nor the youth of the hip-hop culture.
The past, however, spoke volumes as ODB's going-home ceremony neared an end. A band started playing the beat to "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" as a video montage of Dirty was shown on two huge hanging screens. Some men took it upon themselves to fill in for the deceased star, standing up in the church and rapping his lines for him as loud as he would have.
"Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yay/ Gimme the mic so I can take it away/ Off on a natural charge, bon voyage/ Yeah, from the home of the Dodgers, Brooklyn squad/ Wu-Tang Killerrr Bees on a swarm! ... Ooooooh baby I like it raaaaawwwwww!"