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 ...

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Who knew that GZA wasn’t kidding around when he wrote his 1991 debut album “Words from the Genius”? The iconic rapper, famous for co-founding the hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, is thriving in a side ...

It's been over 20 years since Liquid Swords dropped, and you still won't find an album that mixes psychedelic and steely lyricism quite like that masterpiece did. Its creator, GZA (aka the Genius) ...

The second studio album of the artist formerly known as The Genius is rightly considered one sprawling Wu-Tang Clan's best solo works. The lore of the album has been recorded in interviews many times ...

Legendary hip-hop artist raps about science in his new album and brings that message to schools. Upload your own science rap for a chance to win a shout-out from GZA. Details are below. NEW YORK — In ...

GZA was the guest of honor last week as he voyaged to Cambridge, Massachusetts to visit two of the world’s renowned academic institutions to engage in his first ever lecture. It began with his ...

GZA/Genius makes his return to the hip-hop world with his fourth album, Legend of the Liquid Sword, and overall, the record is merely decent. Admittedly, it would be hard for anyone from the Wu-Tang ...