RZA

Posted on 07.5.2007

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RZA
Birth name Robert Diggs
Birthday : July 5, 1969
Origin Staten Island, NY
Aka : Bobby Digital,
Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah,
Bobby Steels, Rzarector, Abbott, Prince Rakeem
In Groups : Wu-Tang Clan, Gravediggaz

RZA Biography :

RZA The Wu-Tang Clan’s chief producer, RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, and Bobby Steels) was born Robert Diggs ; he first surfaced during the early ’90s as a member of the rap unit All in Together Now, a group which also featured fellow Wu-Tang members the Genius (aka GZA) and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Following All in Together Now’s dissolution, he signed to Tommy Boy under the name Prince Rakeem, issuing the 1991 EP Ooh We Love You Rakeem before joining the Wu-Tang ; the group’s 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential hip-hop records of the era, with RZA’s lean, menacing production work much imitated throughout the rap community in the years to follow.

In addition to remaining a member of the loose-knit Wu-Tang family and producing many of the group members’ solo efforts, RZA also joined the Gravediggaz, helming their 1995 debut 6 Feet Deep ; his first full-length solo LP, RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo, followed in 1998. In 1999, RZA Hits, a compilation of some of the Wu-Tang family’s best-known tracks, from both group and solo projects, was released under RZA’s name. Ghost Dog : The Way of the Samurai, his soundtrack for the Jim Jarmusch film, was released in 2000. One year later, he released his second Bobby Digital record, Digital Bullet. A mix album, The World According to RZA, followed in 2003, as did his third official solo album, The Birth of a Prince.

RZA discography :

RZA Albums :

RZA Bobby Digital in Stereo November 24, 1998
RZA Digital Bullet August 28, 2001
RZA The World According to RZA April 28, 2003
RZA Birth of a Prince October 7, 2003

Executively Produced
Wu-Syndicate (1999)
Bobby Digital Presents Northstar (2004)
Let Freedom Reign by Free Murda (2007)

Soundtracks
Ghost Dog (1999)
Kill Bill (2004)
Soul Plane (2004)
Blade : Trinity (2004)
Unleashed (2005)
The Protector (2005)
Blood of a Champion (2006)
Afro Samurai (2007)
Freedom Writers (2007)

related articles :
Wu-Tang profile
myspace : rza

RZA photos and wallpapers :

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