Wu-Tang Clan News

Wu-Tang's Raekwon shows digital muscle with "Linx"

Sep 18, 2009 4:00 pm PDT

"The Blueprint 3" by Jay-Z might be the week's No. 1 album. But the other major September 8 hip-hop release, Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx . . . Pt. II," can still claim a victory. For three days during the week of its releas...

Short-handed Wu-Tang Clan keep energy crackling

Dec 25, 2007 9:00 pm PST

The still-enormously popular Wu-Tang Clan stormed the West Hollywood House of Blues on Sunday like conquering hip-hop heroes. Problem was, they were a man short -- make that two. But the high-wattage energy level in this 90-minute set was...

Wu-Tang: first act to legally sample the Beatles?

Oct 3, 2007 11:00 am PDT

Wu-Tang Clan have become the first group to get permission from the Beatles to sample one of their tracks, they have revealed. The hip-hop collective return with a new album, 8 Diagrams, later this year, the first since the death of Ol' D...

Plea deal for Method Man in drug arrest

Aug 17, 2007 4:48 pm PDT

Method Man is going back to school. As part of a plea deal reached following a marijuana arrest earlier this year, the hip-hop star was ordered to visit 15 city high schools to warn students about the dangers of drugs. The former Wu-Ta...

Wu-Tang Clan ends studio hiatus with "Diagrams"

Jul 10, 2007 2:38 pm PDT

Ol' Dirty Bastard is gone, but the rapper's spirit looms large over "The 8 Diagrams," the Wu-Tang Clan's first album since 2001. The set is due in October via SRC (a joint venture of Steven Rifkind and Universal Motown). "H...