Wu-Tang members including Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Ghostface Killah became stars in their own right. They adopted the aliases Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA and GZA, added another six MCs to their project and launched Wu-Tang Clan to critical and commercial success in 1993 with a plan to flood hip-hop with their collective and individual works, characterised by stripped-back production and lyrics reflecting life for young urban African Americans: sometimes violent, sometimes funny. It also should be acknowledged that the point the group is making with The Wu – Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, applies equally to all "serious" artists, many of whom would argue they are drowned out by the marketing juggernauts behind the likes of Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.īut who is Wu-Tang and why should we care about their madcap scheme? The group was the brainchild of cousins Russell Jones, Robert Diggs and Gary Grice who shared a love of rap and martial arts films growing up in New York. But certainly Wu-Tang were important, not just for their powerful music and lyrics but for the way they showed African Americans what was possible with a clear vision and organised approach. So Wu-Tang is on a par with Warhol? As important as Wu Tang were, they never transcended hip-hop in the way that Public Enemy did (arguably for the right reasons) and NWA or Tupac (arguably for the wrong ones). Dre, is not valued equally to that of artists like Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst or Jean-Michel Basquiat." However, the creative output of today's artists such as The RZA, Kanye West or Dr.
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