16 Facts About Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992.

Wu-Tang Clan are regarded as a highly influential group in hip hop, helping to popularize and develop the East Coast hip hop and hardcore hip hop styles.

Wu-Tang Clan has introduced and launched the careers of a number of affiliated artists and groups, collectively known as the Wu-Tang Killa Bees.

Wu-Tang Clan assembled in late 1992, with RZA as the de facto leader and the group's producer.

Wu-Tang Clan became known in 1993 following the release of the independent single "Protect Ya Neck", which helped gain the group a sizable underground following.

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The album loosely adopted a Shaolin vs Wu-Tang Clan theme, dividing the album into Shaolin and Wu-Tang Clan sections.

Wu-Tang Clan re-assembled and released their second studio album, Wu-Tang Forever, in June 1997; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Second round of solo albums from Wu-Tang Clan members included second albums from the five members who had already released albums, as well as debuts from all the remaining members, with the exception of Masta Killa.

RZA composed the score for the film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, directed by Jim Jarmusch, while he and other Wu-Tang Clan members contributed music to a companion "music inspired by the film" album.

On November 13,2004, Ol' Dirty Bastard collapsed at Wu-Tang Clan's recording studio in New York City, and was pronounced dead later that night.

Wu-Tang Clan paid him homage a number of times: in August 2006, one of his sons came out at a Wu-Tang concert at Webster Hall and rapped "Brooklyn Zoo", along with his mother, and during a concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom the Clan brought his mother out on stage for a sing-along to "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".

In 2007, Wu-Tang Clan released their fifth album, 8 Diagrams, on Steve Rifkind's new label SRC Records.

On January 9,2013, work on the sixth Wu-Tang Clan album was announced via the group's official Facebook page.

In early March 2013 Method Man announced that the Wu-Tang Clan was working on a sixth studio album and it would be released during 2013 in celebration of their 20-year anniversary since 36 Chambers.

We think Wu-Tang Clan had one of the biggest impacts as far as a movement.

Wu Tang Saga, starring Cappadonna and featuring footage of the Wu-Tang Clan dating back to the early nineties through their most recent tours was released on February 25,2010.