Born: Brooklyn, NY, 1969
Years Active: 1999-2010
Member of: Gravediggaz
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, the RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, Bobby Steels, and Bobby Digital) ...
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Oct 13 2009 16:00PM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Real Talk
The Boombox Music Blog: While discussing his forthcoming book, 'The Tao of Wu,' with CNN, RZA revealed that, but for an incredible streak of good luck, the Wu-Tang Clan would never have made it off of Staten Island. RZA, born Robert Diggs, described two incidents that ... Read moreOct 05 2009 14:15PM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Movies
The Boombox Music Blog: According to reports, Wu-Tang member RZA is working on a martial arts film. In June, the respected rapper/producer, born Robert Diggs, said he would be making his directorial film debut helming 'The Man With the Iron Fist,' a martial arts film in ... Read moreSep 29 2009 12:30PM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: Last week it was reported that a settlement had been reached between Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface and producer RZA regarding unpaid publishing royalties for their early collaborations. Today, RZA responded to the reports, claiming that while there is ... Read more
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10/20/09
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10/12/09
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10/05/09
RZA to Collaborate with Eli Roth on Martial Arts Flick According to reports, Wu-Tang mem...
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10/01/09
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09/29/09
RZA Plans to Appeal Ghostface's Royalties Lawsuit Win Last week it was reported that a s...
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09/25/09
Ghostface Wins Royalties Lawsuit Against the RZA Staten Island rapper Ghostface has reac...
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09/15/09
Black Keys Unveil Rap-Rock Project + More The Black Keys have unveiled a new rap-rock re...
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07/30/09
Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music Forget Rock 'n' Roll High Schoo...
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07/24/09
Method Man Plans Joint Album With Raekwon, Ghostface Method Man is looking to hook up wi...
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07/10/09
Joe Budden Responds to Inspectah Deck Diss, 'I'll Tear Him Up' The back and forth began ...
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01/16/09
RZA Wants Rihanna for 'Last Dragon' Remake In putting the pieces together to remake the ...
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12/15/08
RZA to Share Screen With 'Funny People' in Upcoming Flick Wu Tang Clan 's RZA is set to ...
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09/10/08
Wu-Tang Clan Goes Digital Thanks to a deal with The Orchard, the Wu-Tang Clan 's impress...
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08/27/08
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of All Time: No. 13 There may not have been a better-produced albu...
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08/27/08
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of All Time: No. 18 Showcasing RZA 's sparse soul-sampling product...
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08/19/08
New Releases: GZA's Got 'Pro Tools,' Ice Cube Shows Us the 'Raw Footage' When Wu-Tang f...
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06/27/08
RZA Talks About Alter Ego Bobby Digital, Freestyles in Our Studio "My style is unpredict...
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06/23/08
Free MP3: RZA as Bobby Digital Feat. David Banner, 'Straight Up the Block'
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06/11/08
RZA Considers Dropping Science for U.S. Government Research Labs Until that day when he ...
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11/02/09
Snoop Dogg's a breed apart O ld-school rap fans found a home at the House of Blues on Su...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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10/24/09
'The Tao Of Wu': RZA Waxes Philosophical The Wu-Tang Clan is one of the most successful ...
NPR
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10/22/09
Rapper RZA's 'Tao of Wu' packs a wow for readers T he kung fu fighters of the Shaolin te...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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10/21/09
Music: Interview:RZA As the mastermind behind Wu-Tang Clan, rapper, producer, director, ...
The A.V. Club
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10/20/09
RZA Wants to Be Involved With Ghostface, Method Man, Raekwon Album The ever-iconic Wu-Ta...
The Boombox
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10/19/09
Hip-Hop Icon The RZA Authors Book On Life's Lessons Robert F. Diggs is affectionately kn...
NPR
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10/19/09
O STREET: Are you OK -- really -- with you? Charlene, the " I've Never Been to Me " chic...
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10/18/09
ONEITA JACKSON: Are you ok-- really ok-- with you? Charlene, the "I've Never Been to Me"...
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10/14/09
Books: Inventory:Restart the presses! 23-plus entries we wish we could add to our new book Inventory
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10/12/09
Five Years After ODB's Death, Rapper's Son Plans Debut As the fifth anniversary of Ol' D...
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10/09/09
ODB’s Son Boy Jones Gears Up For Rap Debut As fans prepare to remember the late Ol' Dirt...
AllHipHop.com
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10/08/09
Eli Roth readies ‘Species’ and 'Cotton' for Production Heavy development schedule for di...
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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10/05/09
RZA to Collaborate with Eli Roth on Martial Arts Flick According to reports, Wu-Tang mem...
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10/05/09
Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Rock We've seen indie rockers reach out to hip-hop's most recogn...
Stereogum
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10/04/09
'Kill Bill 3' On The Way; New RZA Movie In Production Director Quentin Tarantino has con...
AllHipHop.com
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10/01/09
Ghostface Show Interrupted by Onstage Brawl Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface gave fans a free sh...
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09/29/09
RZA Plans to Appeal Ghostface's Royalties Lawsuit Win Last week it was reported that a s...
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09/28/09
Raekwon Is The #10 Hottest MC In The Game! The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout has ...
MTV
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09/25/09
Ghostface Wins Royalties Lawsuit Against the RZA Staten Island rapper Ghostface has reac...
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09/24/09
Ghostface Wins Judgement Against Wu-Tang Productions Rapper Ghostface Killah recently re...
AllHipHop.com
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09/23/09
Trio pencil in 'Three Days' Eight-year-old actor Ty Simpkins has signed on to endure "Th...
The Hollywood Reporter
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09/23/09
MIXTAPE: THE RAVEONETTES The Ramones, The Cramps, and...RZA? The Danish duo reveal their...
Nylon
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09/17/09
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UWIRE
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09/15/09
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09/14/09
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09/10/09
AHH Stray News: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, DMC Finals, RZA Tour Alicia Keys and Jay-...
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09/09/09
Diddy, Wu-Tang Clan Help Raekwon Party For Cuban Linx II because his solo debut, 1995's ...
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09/07/09
CD Review: Fans 'Ecstatic' over Mos Def's return Eminem, T.I., Ludacris, LL Cool J, Ice ...
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08/24/09
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08/09/09
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10/22/09
Ol' Dirty Bastard May Be The Subject Of A Biopic, Wu-Tang Clan Honcho RZA Says Dirty lef...
MTV Movies Blog
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10/20/09
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10/19/09
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10/12/09
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10/05/09
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10/01/09
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09/29/09
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09/25/09
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09/22/09
The Tao of Wu Yesterday I received a preview copy of The Tao of Wu , a "spiritual memoir...
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09/17/09
MF Doom alert: Madvillain scheduled to perform in Los Angeles An actual live appearance ...
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09/15/09
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09/06/09
Top Shelf Tuesday - September 8 Tuesday is almost here, and you know what that means--it...
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07/30/09
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07/24/09
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07/10/09
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07/10/09
Joe Budden Responds to Inspectah Deck Diss, 'I'll Tear Him Up' The back and forth began ...
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07/02/09
Celebrity Birthdays For The Week Of July 5-11 Actress Katherine Helmond ("Who's The Boss...
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06/29/09
Leak Proof: Beck, Wu Tang Clan, She & Him, Gareth Williams The Velvet Underground's orig...
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06/25/09
Wu-Tang Battle E Street Band in Ultimate Fantasy Baseball Game According to the box scor...
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06/22/09
Playlist: The Very Best of Wu-Tang Clan You'd think they'd make a tracklisting readily a...
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06/16/09
Will Keeping It Real Ever Go Right? So as with most good comedy, there's some other dark...
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06/16/09
Returning to Successful Formulas: Eminem, 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan So Eminem's brought back...
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06/16/09
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06/12/09
CRC Jianian: The Chinese Music Connection When 38 year-old Toby Record revealed that as ...
Cool Hunting
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06/04/09
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04/08/09
Rock the Bells tour taps Nas, the Roots, Big Boi, Common Apart from maybe the year organ...
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04/08/09
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03/27/09
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03/12/09
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