Longtime fans of the Wu-Tang Clan know that GZA plays a mean game of chess. The MC has been a devoted chess player for many years now, and, alongside bandmate RZA, once played against a grandmaster ...

Born Gary Grice on this date in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, GZA has long been revered as one of the sharpest lyricists in Hip Hop history. His wordplay, imagery, and intellectual approach to rhyming ...

After spending weeks immersing myself in Wu ephemera to write this article, I had to miss the group’s big Hammerstein reunion show – Valentine’s Day and everything. But the tour reportedly went ...

At 5 p.m. Friday, people lounged around The Weed Spot in Deep Ellum, waiting for their chance to meet GZA, aka “The Genius,” one of the original founding members of Wu-Tang Clan. The meet-and-greet, ...

Before reviewing the show at the Observatory on Friday night, let’s go over a few obvious statements: GZA is one of the best rappers in one of the best rap groups of all time. Much like the rest of Wu ...

On this day in 1995, GZA, the lyrical mastermind and spiritual head of the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Voltron,” dropped his landmark solo debut Liquid Swords—a record that would come to define not only his ...

GZA, co-founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, proved why he is deserving of the title “rap legend” with a recent performance at the Baltimore Soundstage. The venue was packed with fans who came from ...

"When it comes to thought provoking, street-bred raw lyricism, The Wu-Tang Clan’s fountain of wisdom, GZA takes his job very seriously. The way he crafts his double-edged rhyme flow mirrors the skill ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

GZA at Burger Beach Bash in 2016 (more by Amanda Hatfield) In other Wu-Tang news, a judge dismissed the libel lawsuit that Marques Andre Johnson (aka Andre Roxx) filed for being falsely identified by ...