Mikell Fine Iles Pays Homage to Ol' Dirty Bastard Through Typography With the #ODBBDAY Project

To celebrate ODB's birthday, this graphic designer created visual representations of some of the rapper's many nicknames.

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Tomorrow would have been Ol' Dirty Bastard's 46th birthday, and as far as we are concerned, it still is. The Wu-Tang Clan founding member passed away a decade and a day ago, but not before establishing himself as one of the greatest MCs of all time.

Brooklyn-based graphic designer Mikell Fine Iles decided to create a typographic tribute to the rapper in celebration of his birthday. #ODBBDAY is 15 design project that takes inspiration from Dirty's many aliases. Mikell created type treatments for 15 names including Dirt McGirt, Big Baby Jesus, Knifey McStab, and Osiris, designing the letters to "evoke a feeling and attitude that speaks to the names and their cultural references." One of the designs will be posted to Instagram each day beginning on Nov. 15, so follow the #ODBBDAY hashtag this month to see them all.

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