The Genius

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stage name

The Genius is the stage name of GZA, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan known for his complex, intellectually driven lyricism and influential solo work in hip-hop.

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Label	Occurrences
The Genius canonical	6

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stage name ⓘ
activeIn	1990s hip hop ⓘ 2000s hip hop ⓘ 2010s hip hop ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	GZA ⓘ
associatedAct	Cappadonna ⓘ Ghostface Killah ⓘ Inspectah Deck ⓘ Masta Killa ⓘ Clifford "Method Man" Smith ⓘ surface form: Method Man Ol' Dirty Bastard ⓘ RZA ⓘ Raekwon ⓘ U-God ⓘ
birthPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
collaboratedWith	DJ Muggs ⓘ DJ Premier ⓘ Genius/GZA-related Wu-Tang affiliates ⓘ Killah Priest ⓘ
creativeReputation	known for conceptual albums ⓘ known for dense wordplay ⓘ one of the most intellectual MCs in hip hop ⓘ
debutAlbum	Words from the Genius ⓘ
genre	East Coast hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
influenced	lyrical hip hop artists ⓘ
influencedGenre	underground hip hop ⓘ
lyricStyle	complex lyricism ⓘ intellectually driven lyricism ⓘ
lyricTheme	philosophy ⓘ science ⓘ street narratives ⓘ
memberOf	Wu-Tang Clan ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	Beneath the Surface ⓘ Legend of the Liquid Sword ⓘ Liquid Swords ⓘ
occupation	rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
realName	Gary Grice ⓘ
recordLabel	Babygrande Records ⓘ Cold Chillin' Records ⓘ Geffen Records ⓘ MCA Records ⓘ
roleInWuTangClan	founding member ⓘ
vocalType	rapper ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GZA → alsoKnownAs → The Genius ⓘ

Words from the Genius → artist → The Genius ⓘ

Words from the Genius → performer → The Genius ⓘ

Words from the Genius → featuresArtistName → The Genius ⓘ

Words from the Genius → hasArtistCreditName → The Genius ⓘ

Gary Grice → alsoKnownAs → The Genius ⓘ