February 28, 2023
ODB Crashes Stage at 1998 Grammy Awards – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Feb. 25, 1998: Poor Shawn Colvin didn’t know what was coming. The singer stepped on the stage to receive her award for Song of the Year at the 1998 Grammy Awards ceremony, but was upstaged by Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who had a message for America, on this day in 1998.ODB and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan had lost Rap Album of the Year honors to Diddy (then known as Puffy), and this didn’t sit well with ODB or his wardrobe. The late Wu-Tang Clan member announced that he’d purchased some new gear in anticipation of what he thought would be his group’s victory...