Accessibility links
Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA One of the founding members of the kung-fu-meets-hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA also has written film scores, including those for Kill Bill and Ghost Dog, and a book called The Wu Tang Manual. (This interview originally aired March 7, 2005.)
Special Series

The History of Hip-Hop

Fresh Air features interviews with some of the greatest names in hip-hop history.
NPR logo

Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4829782/4829783" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA

Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA

Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4829782/4829783" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Heard on Fresh Air

Fresh Air

Enlarge this image

The RZA. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

The RZA.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

One of the founding members of the kung-fu-meets-hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, The RZA also has written film scores, including those for Kill Bill and Ghost Dog, and a book called The Wu Tang Manual. He was born Robert F. Diggs in Brooklyn, N.Y. (This interview originally aired March 7, 2005.)

Special Series

The History of Hip-Hop

Fresh Air features interviews with some of the greatest names in hip-hop history.