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Happy birthday to the great RZA of the Wu-Tang, today he turns 47! Let’s take a run back in history and go through all the past Wu members album covers, because according to some, a new Wu-Tang album is in the works, headed by Ghostface?!
5 Facts You May Not Have Known About RZA
- Is a vegetarian.
- Developed The Man with the Iron Fists over the course of several years with director Eli Roth. RZA and Roth developed the most minute of details including the weapons used by many of the characters.
- Iron Fists was directed by RZA, a longtime fanatic of old school kung fu films. Originally, the film was to be split into two, two-hour films, a la Kill Bill. However, the producer and co-writer Eli Roth suggested against it. The original four-hour cut was shaved down to 90 minutes.
- Started Wu-Tang Clan with his cousins Russell Jones and Gary Prices; also known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard and GZA, respectively.
- Born Fitzgerald Diggs. Was named after Robert Kennedy.
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