Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA, is a famed American rapper, filmmaker, actor, and record producer. He became widely recognized for his role as a de facto leader of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, which he co-founded in 1991, having produced the greatest number of albums of any other member in the group.
RZA Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
RZA was born on July 5, 1969 (RZA’s age: 53) in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. He was named after former president John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, two people whom RZA’s mother had greatly admired. RZA has went on to call his birth name an “honorable” one, especially given the legacy of these two celebrated figures.
Early on in his childhood, RZA was encouraged to read and study. He encountered hip-hop music when he was just nine years old, and was already competing in rap battles at age eleven.
RZA Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
RZA was born on July 5, 1969 (RZA’s age: 53) in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. He was named after former president John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, two people whom RZA’s mother had greatly admired. RZA has went on to call his birth name an “honorable” one, especially given the legacy of these two celebrated figures.
Early on in his childhood, RZA was encouraged to read and study. He encountered hip-hop music when he was just nine years old, and was already competing in rap battles at age eleven.
- 6/20/2023
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