RZA Interview! How He Got Wu-Tang Clan Back Together for a Final Tour

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The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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In an exclusive interview, RZA reveals that his pathbreaking New York rap group, which has rarely performed as a full unit, is hitting the road for the last time. Plus: ODB memories, quitting the Rage Against the Machine tour & getting banned from radio in the '90s.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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0:00.0	7, 6, 5, 4.
0:03.0	Big test.
0:03.9	Big big test.
0:05.3	How the mic sound?
0:10.2	Welcome to the New York Times' popcast, your preeminent ruckus of music, news, and criticism.
0:17.1	I'm John Caramonica, a critic at the New York Times.
0:20.1	I'm Joe Cuscarelli. I'm a reporter at the New York Times.
0:23.6	And I'm Bobby Diggs, aka the Resurrection and Sajitha, the abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan.
0:29.8	Welcome to the podcast.
0:30.9	That's right. That's exactly right.
0:33.2	Bong, bong.
0:35.1	Hey, all right?
0:35.7	I'm a man.
0:35.7	I'm a man.
0:35.8	I'm making my weight or fidescape. bong, bong. Hey, my. Today on Popcast, we are talking with the
0:43.1	Rizza, the abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan, the architect of the Wu-Tang Clan, one of the
0:50.8	most important figures in hip-hop from the 90s moving forward.
0:55.5	They are about to go out on what is going to be their final tour as a complete group.
1:02.1	30 plus years after the group's debut album, they are going out on the road as a unit.
1:07.6	It's the last time they will all be on the same stage traveling the world.
1:12.6	Joe and I spoke to the Rizzo last week. We talked about what it's like to gather all the members
1:18.8	of the clan under one idea of reuniting for this final tour. We talked about Wu-Tang's influence
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