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Wu-Tang Clan

Rap

1990s - 2010s

Sprawling rap collective from Shaolin (aka Staten Island), changed the course of hip-hop, spawned dozens of solo careers.

Biography

Emerging in 1993, the Staten Island, New York-based Wu-Tang Clan proved to be the most revolutionary rap group of the mid-'90s -- and only partially because of their music. Turning the standard concept of a hip-hop crew inside out, the Wu-Tang Clan were assembled as a loose congregation of nine MCs. Instead of releasing one album after another, the Clan were designed to overtake the record industry in as profitable a fashion as possible -- the idea was to establish the Wu-Tang as a force with their debut album and then spin off into as many side projects as possible. In the process, the members would all become individual stars. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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