Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s widow filed a seven-figure breach of contract lawsuit in New York on Tuesday. It accuses the Wu-Tang Clan’s production company of “willfully” refusing to pay ODB’s estate its fair share of record royalties and publishing income over the last decade.
In her 10-page filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Icelene Jones, administrator of her late husband’s estate, is demanding damages of at least $1 million, plus interest.
The complaint describes ODB — real name Russell Tyrone Jones — as “a world-renowned rapper, producer, and songwriter at the time of his untimely death in 2004 at the age of 35.” It says ODB co-founded the Wu-Tang Clan in Staten Island, N.Y., in 1992 alongside fellow members including Dennis “Ghost Face Killer” Coles, Corey “Raekwon” Woods, and Gary “GZA” Grice.
The paperwork claims the four named members entered into…
