GZA (pronounced Jizza), aka The Genius, born Gary Grice August 22, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City is an American rapper. He is most well known as a founding member of the seminal hip-hop group the Wu ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Paul Wall, Tierra Whack, Shaboozey, Vybz Kartel, and Pitbull with Lil Jon. “Liquid Swords” is obviously the most famous song on the album, a Wu standard that ...

You might not known the name Gary Grice, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard of his stage name, GZA, and a better chance you know the seminal hip-hop group he helped to found, the Wu-Tang Clan. But ...

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On this day in Hip-Hop History, in 1991, Wu-Tang Clan member GZA released his debut, pre-Wu-Tang album Words From the Genius. This album was one of two pre-Wu-Tang Clan albums from one of the members, ...

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) ...

If you ask GZA whether he thinks we’re in a golden age of hip-hop, he’ll laugh in your face. “Nowhere near,” he scoffs over the phone. “It’s not even the silver or the bronze age.” In fact, the last ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in 2002, the immeasurably talented MC of Blackalicious known as Gift of Gab wrote a lyrically athletic track called "Chemical Calisthenics." For those who could follow his rapid-fire style, it ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, in 1991, GZA stepped to the forefront with his debut solo album Words From the Genius, released years before the world would fully understand the power of the Wu-Tang ...