I just listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. As music, it’s good. As art, it’s truly great
The reader interview
Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah: ‘A group is hard to keep together – people get jealous’
Martin Shkreli accused of copying one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
The reader interview
Post your questions for Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah
May 2024
Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the ‘world’s rarest album’ once sold for $2m to Martin Shkreli, will be loaned to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art
June 2023
Parklife festival review – northern rave culture clearly in rude health
The in-demand Fred Again eclipses Aitch’s confident homecoming headline set, while the Prodigy chime with Parklife’s rave ethos
May 2023
Protect ya king! Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA pairs bars and the board in speed chess tournament
A restored church in Melbourne’s north was the venue this week for an evening of chess fused with hip-hop
July 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Mr Bean to George Bush via the Wu-Tang Clan?
With Rowan Atkinson’s Man vs Bee creating a buzz, we follow a swarm of entertainers down the rabbit hole, including Eddie Izzard, Jon Stewart and GZA
March 2022
‘We saved each other’: Alvaro Barrington’s 90s hip-hop exhibition
The artist has assembled a tribute to the 90s hip-hop stars who defined an era and struggled against a society that tried to label them as lesser
January 2022
The reader interview
Sharleen Spiteri: ‘I blew my drink at Paris Hilton. We ended up nose to nose’
After tens of millions of sales and with a UK tour this month, the Texas frontwoman answers readers’ questions, from enmity with the reality star to friendship with Thierry Henry
July 2021
The Guardian view on Wu-Tang Clan’s genius: to make and appreciate art
Editorial: The sale of the only copy of an album for $2m is a reminder that canny rappers understood the artistic value of the original and the authentic
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s $2m Wu-Tang Clan album sold by US government
The album, purchased by Shkreli for $2m, was bought for an undisclosed sum
The Audio Long Read
‘This was our music, and our conscience’: how I fell in love with French hip-hop – podcast
Moving to Paris in 1992 as a black American kid was totally disorienting. Its underground rap scene became my map to the city, and the soundtrack to my formative years
April 2021
The long read
‘This was our music, and our conscience’: how I fell in love with French hip-hop
The long read: Moving to Paris in 1992 as a black American kid was totally disorienting. Its underground rap scene became my map to the city, and the soundtrack to my formative years
February 2021
Sunday with RZA: ‘I strive to be at peace’
The Wu-Tang Clan rapper on Islam, vegan treats and why he is hooked on DIY telly
China rejects Canada's explanation of Wuhan shirts with Wu-Tang Clan logo
Beijing refused to accept that shirts using W ‘bat’ logo were not an insult linked to the coronavirus
Canada sorry for bat-like Wu-Tang symbol on diplomat's Wuhan T-shirt
China lodged a complaint after images of the garment circulated online, showing the word ‘Wuhan’ on top of the group’s stylised ‘W’
December 2020
'Sharleen is my homegirl' - how Texas and Wu-Tang Clan became pop's weirdest pals
The soft-rock Scots and the hardcore New York rappers have been mates ever since a riotous recording session got them banned from a studio. Is their friendship about to score them another hit?
September 2020
Notorious BIG's $6 crown sells for almost $600,000 at auction
Sotheby’s hip-hop auction also raises $126,000 for a 12-inch copy of Rammellzee track Beat Bop, with artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat
June 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: the story of Wu-Tang Clan in their own words
The seminal hip-hop collective tell their tale. Plus: the final of The Great British Sewing Bee. Here’s what to watch this evening
