Jared Weisfeld, the manager of the late rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard, has teamed together with childhood friend, Greg Miller, to form 845 Entertainment. The first line of business for the newly formed venture will be the solo release of Bizzy Bone, best known from Bone, Thugs, ‘n Harmony.
Weisfeld has experience in both TV and music, developing and producing the hit show “On Parole With ODB” for VH1 and has executive produced shows for Spike TV, as well. After the tragic death of Ol’ Dirty
Bastard last year, Weisfeld partnered with ODB‘s mother, Cherry Jones, to form JC Records. The company, in conjunction with 845, will release a DVD called “Blackass” and has other projects in the works including a release by Bklyn Zu
The first release from 845 is the long anticipated as yet untitled album from Bizzy Bone, slated to drop on September 27, 2005. Both 845 and Bizzy Bone are reportedly excited and optimistic about their partnership and anticipate great things from this release and beyond.
