A decade after his death by overdose at the age of thirty-five, Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard lives on in epic legend. Now, Dirty’s friend since childhood, Buddha Monk—a collaborator onstage and in the studio with the raucous and renegade group that forever altered the hip-hop world—reveals the truth about the complex and talented performer. From Dirty’s days with Buddha on the streets of Brooklyn to the meteoric rise of Wu-Tang’s star, from his bouts in prison to his court-mandated rehab, from his favorite kind of pizza to his struggles with fame and success, Buddha tells the real story—The Dirty Version—of the legendary rapper.(This book may contain a small, black sharpie mark on the bottom edge, so that it can't be returned to a different wholesaler.)