RZA, born Robert Diggs, is most well-known as The Abbot, or leader, of the Wu-Tang Clan. Beyond his musical pursuits, however, he has been building an eclectic body of work in cinema for going on three decades. RZAs cinematic beginnings can be traced to Jim Jarmuschs elegant, and elegiac, urban samurai riffGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999), for which he composed the score and played a minor role. He then appeared as himself in a trio of early aughts comedies:Coffee and Cigarettes(2003), wh...
RZA, born Robert Diggs, is most well-known as The Abbot, or leader, of the Wu-Tang Clan. Beyond his musical pursuits, however, he has been building an eclectic body of work in cinema for going on three decades. RZAs cinematic beginnings can be traced to Jim Jarmuschs elegant, and elegiac, urban samurai riffGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999), for which he composed the score and played a minor role. He then appeared as himself in a trio of early aughts comedies:Coffee and Cigarettes(2003), wh...
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