Little known facts about GZA

GZA was born Gary Grice in Brooklyn, New York City, on August 22, 1966. He developed an interest in hip-hop by attending block parties as a child in the early 1970s, becoming involved in breakdance, graffiti, and DJing. Early on he developed an interest in writing, studying Mother Goose and nursery rhyme.
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Gary GCE born August 22nd 1966 better known by his stage names GZA and the genius is an American rapper a founding member of the hip hop group wuang Clan GZA is the group’s spiritual head being both the first member in the group to receive a record deal and being the

Oldest member he has appeared on his fellow wuang member solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career starting with Liquid Swords 1995 his lyrical style often dismisses typical rap story lines in favor of Science and wide-ranging philosophies and has been characterized as armed with sharp metaphors and a smooth flow an

Analysis of gza’s lyrics found that he has the second largest vocabulary in popular hip-hop music he teamed up with an education group to promote Science Education in New York City through hip hop early life GZA was born Gary GCE in Brooklyn New York City on August 22nd

1966 he developed a interest in hip hop by attending block parties as a child in the early 1970s becoming involved in break dance graffiti and DJing early on he developed an interest in writing studying Mother Goose and nursery rhyme in 1974 to 1976 before moving from Staten Island to

Brooklyn he listened to the last poets wink with a frown however he was attracted by profanity rather than content and didn’t understand the underlying messages until many years years later the last poets as well as songs by the Eisley brothers the commodor and the OJs had a big part in

His early life especially regarding the tone and Cadence of speech later on he began to listen to hip hop and R&B for example by secret weapon and Grandmaster Flash and the furious five in 1982 Grace dropped out of high school in the 10th grade he formed a three-man group with

His cousins Robert Diggs and Russell Jones who would later be known known as RZA and Old Dirty Bastard at the time he didn’t like the sound of his voice the group foi force of the Imperial master and later all in together saw the three rapping and dejing switching names and

Performing local shows since they lived in different Burrows GZA and old dirty would travel from Brooklyn out to Staten Island to meet up with their cousin RZ after which the three would travel across New York City and challenge other MC’s to battles he left school in the 10th grade but nurtured his affection

For science as he developed his skills as a Lyricist after some years of this G was signed to cold Chillin records as a solo artist under the name the genius he released his debut album words from the genius 1991 produced mostly by easy Mo but it failed to sell due to lack of

Promotion this combined with his Rocky experience on tour Fed Up GZA and he asked to be released from the label the album’s beat selection is similar to the classic boombap sound of the early 1990s while the lyricism subject is the everyday situations of an individual

Living in the parts of New York at the time he worked as a bicycle messenger wuang clan in 1992 GZA joined the wuang clan a group of nine formed by his cousin RZ GZA had some high-profile appearances on the group’s debut album Enter the wuang 36 Chambers 1993 including a track

Clan and Def front this combined with appearances on other clan members albums such as return to the 36 Chambers the dirty version 1995 and only Built four Cuban links 1995 brought him much recognition according to Method Man we form like Voltron and GZA happens to be

The head solo career 1995 to 1999 Liquid Swords beneath the surface these guest appearances were followed up up in 1995 with gza’s second studio album Liquid Swords produced and recorded entirely in the basement Studio by RZA with the participation of all original clan members it was released on November 7th

By geffin records the album’s complex composition included dialogue sampled from the film Shogun Assassin the album was met with positive reviews and sold well it is considered to be one of the best albums from the wuang camp it peaked at the number number nine spot on the billboard 200

Chart and number two on the top are npip hop albums chart on October 8th 2015 the recording industry Association of America announced that the album had earned a platinum certification for having sold more than 1 million copies it became the first wuang related album to get certified since 2004 when

Method Man and Ghost Face Killer both earned plaques in addition he directed music videos for Four album singles after appearing on the wuang clan second album wuang forever 1997 his third studio album beneath the surface was released by MCA records in 1999 the album and its singles Crasher

Crew and breaker breaker met with critical Acclaim the album earned a gold certification by Raa peaked at number nine on the billboard 200 chart and top the top r&b/hip hop albums chart 2000 to 2009 legend of the liquid sword Protools G in 2000 and 2000 the single it Le for

Hip hop was released with DJ Tomac and placed 11th in the German charts in 2002 a sequel to his second solo album was released legend of the liquid sword it was well received by critics yet did not sell well and failed to go gold GZA spent 2004 touring both solo and with

The clan and made an appearance with RZA and Jim y musha’s film coffee and cigarettes opposite Bill Murray but two also appeared on the Chappelle show skits wuang financial and racial draft in 2005 GZA and DJ mugs the producer for hip hop group Cypress Hill released collaboration album Grand Masters mugs

Provided all the production for the album which saw GZA using chess as a metaphor for the rap game with most of the songs having a chess themed title GZA performing at Paid Dues in New York City 2008 in the summer of 2008 his fifth solo Studio album Pro Tools was

Released by baby Grande records it featured production from Black Milk and J wax Garfield RZA mathematics and true Master a very controversial song on the album was entitled paper plate a smooth flowing response aimed at rival rapper 50 Cent 19 after the release GZA toured various parts of Europe on a Liquid

Swords tour where he performed songs from Liquid Swords as well as Pro Tools 19 he later toured parts of the us20 present dark matter in 2010 he spoke at Harvard University and since then has visited among others MIT Oxford USC NYU Cornell where he met with Scientists

Such as David Kaiser and s w Chisum to seek inspiration in 2012 he talked hip hop and science with Neil degrass Tyson to improve Science Education in New York City and Beyond in late 2012 with the assist assistants of Columbia University’s Professor Christopher emden and website Rap Genius he began work on

A pilot program called science genius batle bringing attention to transforming teaching and learning science this initiative motivates young high school students especially African-American and Latino students who together make up 70% of New York City’s student body to learn science through hip hop creating scientific RS and engaging in a rap

Competition in the metime he continued to work on a related new studio album called dark matter which is based on a journey through SpaceTime universe and physics in late 2015 GZA canceled European tour dates to focus on working on the album with composer vanelis it is planned to be one in a

Series of albums related to Earth with the following conceived around oceans GZA hinted that the albums will be without parental advisory profanity and nudity in February 2015 GZA released a single the Mexican a cover of Babe Ruth’s song featuring guitarist Tom MLL and singer Caroline they performed the song Live

Along with the roots on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on June 30th 2016 he released a new space themed track the spark produced by Paul Ryder for NASA’s project destination Jupiter in celebration of the agency’s ongoing Juno mission in 2020 GZA provided a voice role in Netflix’s kipo and the age of

Wonder beasts as bad billions and contributed a song to the series discography Studio albums words from the genius 1991 Liquid Swords 1995 beneath the surface 1999 legend of the liquid sword 2002 Protools 2008 collaboration albums Grand masters with DJ mugs 2005