“I say it was nice when we got there, but then maybe two or three years later, it just changed completely. He writes about his journey in his new memoir, “ From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan.”īorn in Brooklyn, he moved to Staten Island when he was 9. If pizza fueled his body, Raekwon’s creativity was fed by his neighborhood where he hung out with RZA, Method Man, Ghostface and the rest of the giants who would make up the Wu-Tang Clan. And they have literally been there for about at least 50 years … They know me very well.” Learning valuable life lessons Like, I sat down to slices in the building with gangsters and all that, but the pizza is so good. We New Yorkers, so you know, we eat that every day … it’s owned by real Italians. Ask Raekwon for a restaurant recommendation and he gives the most Staten Island answer ever: a pizzeria, specifically Brother’s Pizzeria on South Avenue. And they are Shaolin through and through. Until he and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan came on the scene, the borough was largely underrepresented in rap. The two had similarities: Raekwon is one of the genre’s greatest lyricists and he helped put his home turf on the map. You know, like I said, man, we got a lot of respect for Big and just him representing Brooklyn to the fullest man.” Like, is this where rap is going?’ You know, so that’s something we’ll never forget. “Broke my heart … It was like, ‘How? Wow. Both he and Ghost were devastated when they learned that their new friendship was over before it began. “We actually got a chance to apologize and get on the same page with him and talk about working together the day before he got killed,” Raekwon told me. On “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” Raekwon’s first solo album, which also featured Ghostface Killah, the pair essentially insinuated that Biggie copied Nas’ album cover, which naturally caused bad blood in the hyper-competitive New York City hip-hop scene when it debuted in 1995. was gunned down in Los Angeles in 1997, my “ Renaissance Man” guest had a powwow with the great Brooklyn rapper over a beef that lingered between them. Wallo and Gillie of 'Million Dollaz' podcast talk origins and GAME with Jalen Rose Jalen Rose goes toe to toe with 'Euphoria' star and boxer Javon Walton Jalen Rose talks Wu-Tang and retirement plans with RZA Jalen Rose and Fab 5 Freddy talk nicknames, rap & Basquiat Jalen Rose talks with Jon Batiste about late nights with Stephen Colbert, 'Soul'
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