Years Active: 1998-2004
Member of: Wu-Tang Clan
Influenced by: Eric B. & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MC's, Public Enemy
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: One of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, who recorded some of the most influential hip-hop of the '90s, Ol' Dirty ...
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Jun 22 2009 10:15AM
by Drew Berner
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, Live It Out, Canada
Spinner: A concert featuring blog-rappers the Cool Kids and Wu-Tang Clan legend GZA might look at first glance to be a passing of the hip-hop torch, but GZA isn't giving it up quite so easily. GZA, aka Gary Grice, rocked a crowd of thousands at Toronto's ... Read moreFeb 07 2008 12:00PM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: The BoomBox, Hip-Hop News
The Boombox Music Blog: The widow of the Ol' Dirty Bastard is asking the late rapper's fans to boycott clothing featuring ODB's likeness. Icelene Jones is fighting to shut down companies making a quick buck off clothing with the Wu-Tang Clan's humorously profane fallen ... Read moreNov 30 2007 9:00AM
by Mike Spinella
Filed under: Video, Exclusive, Holy Hell
Spinner: Iron Man -- aka Ghostface Killah -- and the mighty Wu-Tang Clan return with their first album as a unit since 2001, and the first since the death of Ol' Dirty Bastard, titled '8 Diagrams,' due December 11. In preparation for the Shaolin octet's ... Read more
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12/04/08
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11/12/08
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03/17/09
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10/28/08
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07/26/08
Ghostface Killah and Raekwon @ Pitchfork 7.20.08 If I had the best sing-song introductio...
You Ain't No Picasso
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04/09/08
wtf M.I.A. films the NYPD roughing some dude up (excessively?) outside her window in Bed...
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madlib: live There's some overlap with the Lolla lineup , which was made official today.
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soul messages Soul Messages from Dimona is out May 1st on Numero Group .
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