*RZA appeared on Hot 97 last week and surprised fans when he revealed the origin of Method Man’s name.
“Method Man was Shakwon until he made that song — Shakwon the Panty Raider. Then, after he made that song, everybody in the hood called him Method Man,” the Wu-Tang Clan leader told host Peter Rosenberg, Hip Hop DX reports.
The song appeared on the group’s debut album “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).”
“That makes so much sense! Now that I think about it. See, RZA, this is something that to you is so built-in that it’s a nothing burger, whereas to us, it makes so much sense,” said Rosenberg.
“It was always a little weird that there’s one song on the album named after a member. We thought it was named after the member, but that’s not what it was; it was the name of a song that then became the name of a member!”
RZA said the name switch was a group decision. “It was a conscious decision by us as a crew, but the streets did push it,” he shared.
Watch RZA explain the name change via the X/Twitter clip below.
In related news, we reported previously that Method Man and Tichina Arnold star in the new audio-scripted comedy series “Yes We Cannabis.”
The 10-episode Audible series centers on the founders of a cannabis start-up. Here’s the synopsis: Feeling unfulfilled with his job as a pharmacist in Florida, George (Sam Richardson) quits and moves to California with a dream: start a legal cannabis company. With friends Brandy (Punkie Johnson) and Marcus (Langston Kerman), they are ready to aim high and stay high. But starting a business isn’t as easy as it looks—especially when you’re trying to run it with your dysfunctional friends. Yes We Cannabis follows the highs and lows of a cannabis start-up through the eyes of George and his two best friends. Throughout their journey, they encounter shady businessmen and the petty drama that comes with working with your friends; all the while juggling family issues, dating, and being Black in America.
The comedy podcast, from Audible and Broadway Video, features the voices of Sam Richardson, Langston Kerman, Punkie Johnson, Richard Kind, Laci Mosley, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Heidi Gardner, Tim Meadows, Rachel Dratch, and Chris Parnell.
“Yes We Cannabis” debuted Aug. 24 on Audible.
The story behind the track “Method Man” is 🤯😳
We’re celebrating 30 years of “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” all day today!
For more w/ @RZA & @EBROINTHEAM – Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/SeOXYLCstK pic.twitter.com/rb3IU0wRj6
— HOT 97 (@HOT97) November 9, 2023
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