I know someone who used to be in his circle from around that time and the stories I heard about dude were unbelievable. He cared more than anyone about maintaining his connection to the hood, to a fault it seems.
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.