The Wizard of Wu

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The Wu-Tang Clan’s strange musical cocktail includes equal parts hip hop, martial arts and Staten Island housing-project mythology. The rap collective’s producer and spiritual leader, The RZA, joins us to talk about a religious manifesto and street memoir called The Tao of Wu. And later: a live performance from Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim.

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