Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s daughter says she and her siblings haven’t received any money from his estate since 2004.
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Ashana Jones spoke with the New York Post and recalled the memories she shared with her father before his death. She said they used to go to Coney Island, her grandmother’s house, and Universal Studios during her childhood. Despite having a good relationship with her half-siblings, the seven children still fight for royalties from his music and likeness used for merchandise and media.
“I have not seen anything yet and neither have my half-siblings. I don’t know what is owed. But I just want what is owed. That sum can be sizable and right now I have received zero,” she explained to the outlet. ODB didn’t leave behind a will at the time of his death.
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Her mother, Krishana Rucker, received a $500,000 settlement in 2020 for outstanding child support since the Wu-Tang rapper’s death. The two other mothers of ODB’s children, Suzy Wong and Cheryl McCall, tried to file a bid in 2007 to have his widow, Icelene Jones, removed from her position as administrator of his estate.
Ashana says she’s reached out to the lawyer of his estate so everyone can get their fair share.
“I reached out to Greg [Watts, attorney for the estate] to try getting light on the situation about the heirs’ share. I reached out in the hope that somebody can tell me when everybody will get established and when I will get my payment, so I can avoid going to court. I don’t want to. But if I have to, I will. I am being ignored. Enough is enough. We have to stop playing games.”
OBD’s wife says her husband only had three children since nothing else was proven based on documentation
Icelene Jones reportedly told the Post that there was no other proof that he had other children back in 2004.
“Nothing else was ever proven. There were never any blood tests or his signing any birth certificates. He has three children that we know that are his by his wife only – by me.”
However, Watts acknowledged Ashana and her siblings since they are identified as heirs of their father’s estate but haven’t been paid due to Rucker’s recent child support payment.
“Ashana and those who have been identified as heirs are distributees of the estate. There was no money in the estate when it was first formed. Russell Jones died and there was nothing. His wife with other marketing executives was able to market his image and music [and] generate money for the estate” — separate from what Icelene maintains that Wu-Tang owes the estate. “The heirs can potentially get distributions. As soon as we have accumulated it, they will get distributions from time to time. If, say, the estate gets $1 million, then they will get distribution after expenses.”