READ MORE: Some Critics Still Skeptical of Revised, Scaled-Back Plan to Fix Millennium Tower Lauded by critics and hip-hop fans as an instant classic, the album and hits like “C.R.E.A.M” and “Protect Ya Neck” established RZA as a visionary force in the studio and - thanks to the unique deal with Loud/RCA that allowed individual members to have their own solo careers - served as a springboard for what would become a cottage industry of Wu-Tang related recordings. Armed with the extended crew’s arsenal of gifted MCs and the gritty, spare beats RZA constructed out of dusty soul rarities and extensive sampling from kung fu films, the group produced its landmark debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993. The RZA would form his new group with his cousins and a handful of childhood friends including Method Man (Clifford Smith), Raekwon the Chef (Corey Woods), Ghostface Killah (Dennis Coles), Inspectah Deck (Jason Hunter), U-God (Lamont Hawkins) and Masta Killa (Jamel Irief). However that first recording hinted at the influence kung fu movies would exert on his next project with the song “Deadly Venoms” and its first references to Wu-Tang.

He moved to Ohio in his early 20s and founded the group All in Together Now with cousins Russell Jones and Gary Grice (future Wu-Tang members Ol’ Dirty Bastard and GZA/Genius, respectively) that never got beyond local recognition.ĭiggs eventually moved back to New York and tried to start a solo career under the name Prince Rakeem that never went past an initial single released by Tommy Boy in 1991. READ MORE: Victim Of Christmas Eve Shark Attack Off Central Coast Identified, Was Visiting FamilyĬreating a distinctive sound and style during the early ’90s that set the sprawling group apart from the era’s teaming mass of gangsta rappers, the Wu-Tang Clan has established its credentials over the last three decades as one of greatest crews in hip-hop history.įounder and principle producer the RZA (born Robert Diggs) took an early interest in hip-hop growing up in Brooklyn, participating in MC battles before he was a teen. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Three legendary MCs from the influential Wu-Tang Clan bring their current tour performing their respective debut solo albums to San Francisco this Friday when the GZA, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah land at the Warfield.

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