GZA, the solemn sage of pioneering New York rap collective the Wu-Tang Clan, doesn’t write rhymes fast. In fact, according to the Genius, certain phrases and storylines can remain in his head for ...

Chess obsession, a writerNs joy in discussing his craft, songs born of word games—in the hip-hop Voltron that is the Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the brain for good reason. GZA, a.k.a. the Genius (or Gary ...

On this day in Hip-Hop History, in 1991, Wu-Tang Clan member GZA released his debut, pre-Wu-Tang album Words From the Genius. This album was one of two pre-Wu-Tang Clan albums from one of the members, ...

Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater director who occasionally makes short films. Patrick has an eye for photography and a passion for everything ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook 2002 laid to rest any remaining doubt: Hip-hop has officially been coopted by mainstream pop music ...

GZA's performance at the Tiny Desk was a rare appearance for the legendary Wu-Tang Clan emcee, in part because he's notoriously introverted, and because he brought along The Soul Rebels, an ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

As a member of the Staten Island, N.Y., based nine-member hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, GZA aka Genius made his mark as a skilled lyricist whose flow and storytelling drew in fans in a way few ...

At 5 p.m. Friday, people lounged around The Weed Spot in Deep Ellum, waiting for their chance to meet GZA, aka “The Genius,” one of the original founding members of Wu-Tang Clan. The meet-and-greet, ...

First and foremost, happy born day to Gary “Genius/GZA” Grice, aka “Justice” for you god bodies, who is a wise 46 years-old today. This box set for the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s classic sophomore album, ...

Dele Fadele looks at the grizzly but bleakly funny collection that is Murder Ballads and wonders how much of a role gangsta ...