RZA

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actor film director film score composer founding member of musical group human rapper record producer screenwriter

RZA is an American rapper, producer, and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, renowned for his innovative, gritty production style that has deeply shaped the sound of modern hip-hop.

Aliases (3)

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → film director → film score composer → founding member of musical group → human → rapper → record producer → screenwriter →
activeYearsStart	late 1980s →
appearedIn	American Gangster → Coffee and Cigarettes → G.I. Joe: Retaliation → The Man with the Iron Fists →
associatedAct	Cappadonna → GZA → Ghostface Killah → Gravediggaz → Inspectah Deck → Masta Killa → Method Man → Ol' Dirty Bastard → Raekwon → U-God → Wu-Tang Clan →
birthDate	1969-07-05 →
birthName	Robert Fitzgerald Diggs →
birthPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
directed	The Man with the Iron Fists →
ethnicGroup	African American →
genre	East Coast hip hop → alternative hip hop → hardcore hip hop → hip hop →
influenced	sound of 1990s East Coast hip hop →
influencedBy	R&B → film scores → kung fu films → soul music →
instrument	drum machine → keyboards → sampler → vocals →
knownFor	founding Wu-Tang Clan → gritty, sample-heavy production style →
memberOf	Wu-Tang Clan →
name	RZA →
notableAlbum	Birth of a Prince → Bobby Digital in Stereo → Digital Bullet →
notableWork	Bobby Digital in Stereo → Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) → Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (score) → Ironman → Kill Bill: Volume 1 (score contributor) → Kill Bill: Volume 2 (score contributor) → Liquid Swords → Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... → The Man with the Iron Fists → The RZA Hits → The Tao of Wu → The Wu-Tang Manual → Tical → Wu-Tang Forever →
occupation	actor → author → composer → film director → rapper → record producer → screenwriter →
previousSpouse	Eboni Mills →
producedFor	Cappadonna → GZA → Ghostface Killah → Inspectah Deck → Masta Killa → Method Man → Ol' Dirty Bastard → Raekwon → U-God → Wu-Tang Clan →
raisedIn	Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States →
religion	Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths) →
spouse	Talani Rabb →
stageName	Bobby Digital → Prince Rakeem → RZA →

Referenced by (77)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Birth of a Prince → Dark Fantasy → Digital Bullet → Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) → Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (score) → Gravediggaz → Ironman → Life After Death → Liquid Swords → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → New Day → Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... → So Appalled → The Man with the Iron Fists → The RZA Hits → Tical → Watch the Throne → Wu-Tang Forever →	producer
Bobby Digital → Cappadonna → GZA → Ghostface Killah → Inspectah Deck → Masta Killa → Method Man → Ol' Dirty Bastard → Raekwon → U-God →	associatedAct
Birth of a Prince → Digital Bullet → The RZA Hits →	artist
Ironman → Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... → Tical →	executiveProducer
The Tao of Wu → The Wu-Tang Manual →	author
Dark Fantasy → Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (score) →	composer
Bobby Digital → The RZA Hits →	creator
Ironman ("The RZA") → Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... →	featuresArtist
Birth of a Prince → So Appalled →	performer
RZA → Robert Fitzgerald Diggs →	stageName
Funny People → The Man with the Iron Fists →	starring
Coffee and Cigarettes → G.I. Joe: Retaliation →	stars
Prince Rakeem →	alsoKnownAs
American Gangster →	castMember
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (score contributor) →	collaboratorName
The Man with the Iron Fists →	director
So Appalled →	featuredArtist
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) →	featuresMember
Wu-Tang Forever →	groupMembersFeatured
Rihanna ("RZA Athelston Mayers") →	hasChild
Cruel Summer →	hasProducer
Kanye West →	influencedBy
Bobby Digital →	inUniverseAliasOf
Prince Rakeem →	laterName
The Tao of Wu →	mainCharacter
The RZA Hits →	mainSubject
Wu-Tang Clan →	member
Gravediggaz →	memberOf
The Man with the Iron Fists →	musicBy
RZA →	name
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (score contributor) →	notableCollaborator
The RZA Hits ("RZA is leader of the Wu-Tang Clan") →	notableRoleOfArtist
The Man with the Iron Fists →	portrayedBy
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (score) →	primaryArtist
Prince Rakeem →	realIdentity
The RZA Hits →	recordingArtist
Talani Rabb →	spouse
Prince Rakeem →	usedBy
The Man with the Iron Fists →	writer