How Old Dirty Bastard Raised a Car and Preserved the Life of a Four-Year-Old: A mother from New York is remembering the day-Old Dirty Bastard saved her daughter after the girl was hit by a car and became stuck underneath it more than 26 years ago.
The official documentary about the life of the late, legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper, Old Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys, which debuted on A&E on August 25th, features an exclusive clip featuring Maxine Lovell and her daughter Maati discussing the shocking moment Maati was hit by a car in Brooklyn in 1998 when she was just 4 years old.
The two recall how Maati was with her older sister when the “car came fromODB, too, appeared out of nowhere, according to Maati’s mother.
“There was nowhere for Maati. No way could I find her. And I would not stop asking, ‘Where is my girl? My daughter is where? How is my daughter doing? Everyone responded, “Under the car.” All I saw when I bowed down was her. In the documentary, Lovell states, “And she was not crying; she was not screaming.” “But when she saw me, then she screamed.”
Maati says, “I remember bits and pieces of the accident.” “I remember the heat.”
out of nowhere” during the event that left her trapped beneath a 1996 Mustang.
Naturally, ODB needed assistance from other bystanders to raise the automobile and then retrieve the girl from underneath it and bring her to safety. Following the incident, an article in the New York Daily News stated that ODB was among the dozen individuals who hurried to assist Maati, and that the incident happened in front of Papa Wu’s Brooklyn Sounds recording studios on Fulton Street.
Lovell recalled, “Some brothers came from out of nowhere,” at the time. “They raised the vehicle. [Maati] was slid by someone from underneath. She did not scream, nor did she cry. She was unaware of what had transpired. However, she began to cry as soon as she saw my face.”
Maati’s mother recounts in the document that after the crash, she was sent to a nearby hospital with burns on her leg and a “burned-through” coat.
Lovell adds of ODB, “He did not just leave it like that; he kept checking [on us].” “And I told him to call me whenever he needed to talk.” He would therefore give me a ring and confide in me about his thoughts. And he was happy to have been there for Maati in her hour of need. I concurred with his assertion that he was attempting to demonstrate his goodness. You undoubtedly benefited my child.
“It demonstrates the kind of person he is,” Maati continues.
A Tale of Two Dirtys, which chronicles the emergence of Wu-Tang, ODB’s solo success, his legendary “Fantasy” team-up with Mariah Carey, his stint in prison, and his untimely overdose death on Nov. 13, 2004, two days before his 36th birthday, is made up of numerous incidents, of which Maati’s rescue story is just one.
The documentary also includes Raekwon and Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang, Carey, and members of ODB’s close family.
On Sunday, August 25, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E, Old Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirties will make its premiere.
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