The leader of the platinum selling hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan describes his rise from a Staten Island-projects youth to an international performance artist, expanding on the mythology introduced in The Wu-Tang Manual to reveal the spiritual beliefs that he credits with his successes. Reprint. The leader of the Wu-Tang Clan describes his rise from a Staten Island-projects youth to an international performance artist, explaining the spiritual beliefs that he credits with his successes. The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons hes learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout student of knowledge in every form in which hes found it, he distills here the wisdom hes acquired into seven pillars, each based on a formative event in his life-from the moment he first heard the call of hip-hop to the death of his cousin and Clan- mate, Russell Jones, aka ODB. Delivered in RZAs unmistakable style, at once surprising, profound, and provocative, The Tao of Wu is a spiritual memoir the world has never seen before, and will never see again. A nonfiction Siddhartha for the hip-hop generation from the author of The Wu-Tang Manual, it will enlighten, entertain, and inspire. The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons hes learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout student of knowledge in every form in which hes found it, he distills here the wisdom hes acquired into seven "pillars," each based on a formative event in his life-from the moment he first heard the call of hip-hop to the death of his cousin and Clan- mate, Russell Jones, aka ODB. Delivered in RZAs unmistakable style, at once surprising, profound, and provocative, The Tao of Wu is a spiritual memoir the world has never seen before, and will never see again. A nonfictionSiddhartha for the hip-hop generation from the author of The Wu-Tang Manual, it will enlighten, entertain, and inspire.
