Method Man took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man.
48 Facts About Method Man
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Method Man has had recurring roles in three HBO series, as Tug Daniels in Oz, Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff in The Wire, and Rodney in The Deuce.
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Method Man attended New Dorp High School, where he became friends with Remedy.
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Method Man was one of only two members to get a solo song on the group's debut album Enter the Wu-Tang and he was the first to release a solo album under the Clan's unusual contract which allowed its members to release albums under any record label.
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In 1996, Method Man appeared on Tupac Shakur's album All Eyez on Me, on the song "Got My Mind Made Up" alongside his rhyme partner Redman, the Dogg Pound and Inspectah Deck, whose verse did not make the released album version.
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Method Man was featured on Redman's 1996 album Muddy Waters on the track "Do What Ya Feel".
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Method Man would go on to feature on LL Cool J's, 4,3,2,1 the following year.
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Method Man was part of the very successful Hard Knock Life Tour with Jay-Z, Redman, Ja Rule, and DMX.
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In 1999, Method Man featured on Limp Bizkit's song "N 2 Gether Now" from their album Significant Other.
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In 2000, Method Man performed Know Your Role which was included on the album titled, WWF Aggression.
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In early May 2007, Method Man's camp leaked the street single "New York New York" which became a popular track on the internet.
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Crystal Meth is to be Method Man's upcoming fifth and final studio album.
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At a concert on December 23,2010, Method Man told the crowd to look for his album in March 2011.
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On October 5,2011, a new single from Method Man, entitled "World Gone Sour ", was released on iTunes.
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Method Man expressed a desire to work with Odd Future frontman Tyler, The Creator.
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On January 1,2014, Method Man announced that a mixtape titled The Meth Lab would be released in March 2014 and that Crystal Meth would be released in August 2014 on Tommy Boy Entertainment.
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However, Method Man released The Meth Lab as a mixtape album through Tommy Boy on August 21,2015.
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In 2019 Method Man featured on the record 'Winnebago' with South London rapper Blue Meth.
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Method Man had a cameo in the horror movie Venom, where he played a deputy who is killed shortly into the movie.
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Method Man appeared in the Def Jam series of video games.
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Method Man made a guest appearance in the music video for "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys, where he played the role of her boyfriend.
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Method Man appeared in Beanie Sigel's music video "Feel It in the Air", where Method Man played an undercover cop leading an operation against Sigel.
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Method Man appears as Valentine, a hip hop business mogul, in the episode Bad Blood in season 2 of Burn Notice.
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Method Man had a cameo appearance in the film Cop Land, as a violent criminal who, while fleeing, throws Peter Berg's character off of a New York rooftop.
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Method Man has appeared in the TV drama Wonderland, as a patient in a mental hospital.
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Method Man plays a small role in the film The Sitter, starring Jonah Hill.
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Method Man played crewman "Sticks" in the George Lucas movie Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Method Man appeared in Shaft as Freddie P, an acquaintance of John Shaft.
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Method Man starred in the 2020 film Concrete Cowboy, an adaptation of the book Ghetto Cowboy.
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Method Man appeared in the documentary entitled The Show.
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In 2006, Method Man appeared on the MTV reality game show Yo Momma, in the pilot episode.
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Method Man is the first of the Wu-Tang Clan to produce a series of eponymous graphic novels for Hachette Book Group USA's imprint Grand Central Publishing.
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On May 17,2007, Method Man was arrested in New York City for marijuana possession.
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Method Man's SUV was pulled over near the Battery Tunnel toll booths for having an expired inspection sticker.
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Method Man was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of marijuana, DWI, and driving an uninspected motor vehicle.
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Method Man reached a plea agreement to perform community service including rapping to children about the dangers of drugs.
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On October 5,2009, Method Man was arrested at his home in Staten Island for income tax violations.
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Method Man was accused of failing to file income tax returns for the state of New York between 2004 and 2007, and owed nearly $33,000 in taxes.
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On June 28,2010, Method Man pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was sentenced to a conditional discharge and paid a $106,000 fine.
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In 2003, Method Man criticized Oli "Power" Grant and Mitchell "Divine" Diggs, the managers of the Wu-Tang Clan business.
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Method Man took something major from me that he had no intention of giving back.
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In 2006, Method Man had a personal and publicized conflict with TV talk show host Wendy Williams on The Breakdown, an Internet show on Onloq.
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Williams talked on air about Method Man's wife's having cancer, which was something he wanted to keep private and her own family members had not yet known about.
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Method Man said that people who lived next door to him did not know, but Williams had dug it up and made it public over the radio.
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Williams reported rumors that Method Man had been having an affair with his wife's doctor.
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Method Man first heard of this while in recording sessions in Los Angeles.
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Method Man brought up the fact that he was the only other rapper that Biggie chose to have on his debut album Ready to Die; he was featured on the track "The What".
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Method Man later spoke to the press about Fox's influence on the show's style, saying that "there's been too much compromise on our side and not enough on their side", and criticizing the network's decision to add a laugh track.