Estate of Rap Group Wu Tang's Ol' Dirty Bastard Plans December Launch of O.D.B. Coin

Originally announced in March and named Dirty Coin, the project - now known as the O.D.B. Coin - plans to use the proceeds from sales of the altcoin to fund various fan engagement projects.

Cointelegraph reported at the time of the initial announcement that the issuance will be in partnership with Link Media Partners, a music A&R firm, and will be launched on the TAO network blockchain platform.

The Initial Coin Offering for O.D.B. Coin forms one of a new range of so-called Initial Artist Offerings by host platform AltMarket.

Ol' Dirty Bastard was one of the founding members of the Wu Tang Clan rap group, which became famous for its debut album "Enter the Wang-Tu" in 1993.

O.D.B. passed away in 2004 at the age of 35 of a reported drug overdose.

O.D.B.'s son Young Dirty Bastard - whose real name is Barson Unique Jones - told Vents that he "Look[s] forward to delivering even more music that would make Dad proud."

The move continues the occasional and sometimes curious trend of music stars' engagement with the ICO phenomenon and cryptocurrency industry more widely.

As Cointelegraph reported, rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson pledged his belief in the technology, claiming he had accrued millions of dollars in Bitcoin from a sales stunt several years ago before revealing he had never owned the funds.

In September of last year, record producer DJ Khaled publicized his ownership of crypto debit card, the Titanium Centra Card, on Instagram.

The formerly Dirty Coin project, now O.D.B. Coin, should not be confused with another altcoin of the same name from the pornography industry, which allegedly completed its ICO in December 2017.