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Music1992– · 5 Members

Wu-Tang Clan

Staten Island nine-member collective who reinvented group dynamics in hip-hop with kung-fu cinema aesthetics, dense lyricism, and a business model that launched nine successful solo careers.

Origin
Staten Island, New York
Genre
Hip-HopRap
Wu-Tang Clan

The Collective

5 Members · Founded 1992 · Staten Island, New York

NameRoleYears ActiveProfile
RZAFounding MemberMC / Producer1992–PresentView →
GZAFounding MemberMC1992–PresentView →
Method ManFounding MemberMC1992–PresentView →
RaekwonFounding MemberMC1992–PresentView →
Ghostface KillahFounding MemberMC1992–PresentView →

Members with individual Pantheon profiles are linked above.

Pantheon Standing

List NameRankCombined
Top 50 Hip Hop Artists of All Time#2361.2

The Cultural Record

Discography

A
A Better Tomorrow2014
O
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin…2015
H
Hidden Chambers Volume 12000
O
Of Mics and Men: Music from the Showtime Documentary Series2019
EP & Mixtape
E
Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)1993

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#2

Hip-Hop / Rap — Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti / Newark, New Jersey · 1992–present

Haitian-American MC, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who co-founded The Fugees and launched a successful solo career blending hip-hop with Caribbean music.

Yasiin Bey

#3

Hip-Hop / Rap — Brooklyn, New York · 1994–present

Brooklyn MC and actor formerly known as Mos Def, whose debut Black on Both Sides is a landmark of intellectual hip-hop and whose career spans music, theater, and film.