Hip Hop Icons Eazy-E And ODB Are Coming Back… In Hologram Form

Don't call it a comeback: AllHipHop has learned that the late rappers Ol' Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E will both be "appearing" at this year's Rock The Bells music festival... in hologram form.

Apparently, a virtual version of ODB will take the stage alongside the Wu-Tang Clan, the group in which he was a founding member.

A holographic Eazy-E, formerly of the legendary hip hop group N.W.A., will perform with Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony - who Eazy signed to Ruthless Records in 1993.

Organizers of the festival say the decision to create holographic versions of the two performers was based on Tupac Shakur's virtual performance at the Coachella Festival last year.

Check out video of that performance below - and be reminded of how weird it is to see a deceased performer brought back to life with technology:

In case you're wondering, both Eazy's wife Tomica Wright and Ol Dirty's mom Cherry Jones were consulted about the idea of holographic performances, and both say they're on board.

If you want to see the virtual performers up close in the non-flesh, here are the dates of Rock The Bells 2013:

September 7-8: San Bernardino, California - San Manuel Amphitheatre

September 14-15: Mountain View, California - Shoreline Amphitheatre

September 28-29: Washington, DC - Festival Grounds at RFK

October 4-5: Rutherford, New Jersey - Meadowlands Racetrack

And here's the line-up of regular human performers:

Big Krit

Black Hippy

BODEGA BAMZ

Bone Thugs N Harmony

Brother Ali

Chase and Status

Common

Currensy

Danny Brown

DILATED PEOPLES

Dizzy Wright

Dom Kennedy

E-40 & Too Short

Earl Sweatshirt

Flatbush Zombies

Hit-Boy

Hopsin

Immortal Technique

Jhene Aiko

Juicy J

Jurassic 5

Kid Cudi

LeCrae

Mimosa

Prof

Rakim

Snow Tha Product

Supernatural

Talib Kweli

Tech N9ne

Tyler the Creator

Wu-Tang Clan

Via AllHipHop

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