Being subsequent up in a household of entertainers can include its burdens — Blue Ivy Carter for instance has some massive footwear to fill no matter which mother or father she follows after! Nonetheless, like younger Blue has already proven earlier than even turning 13, many merely step as much as their calling and proceed the platinum-selling legacy their mother and father carved out earlier than them.
You possibly can say the identical in relation to the world-famous Wu-Tang Clan. Whereas associates of the rap collective lengthen far past anybody dares to depend, the core members are typically acknowledged as RZA, Raekwon, Methodology Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna, Masta Killa, U-God and the late Ol’ Soiled Bastard. With all of the dwelling OGs now of their mid-50s and representing a wholly totally different era of rap, the baton now lies within the arms of their offspring to hold on the Wu torch in immediately’s music scene.
The self-proclaimed “Youngsters of the Wu” are doing simply that as a newly-formed collective together with ODB’s son, Climate Park, Methodology Man’s two sons, fifth Pxwer and Nuke Lefleur, and U-God’s son, iNTeLL. Nonetheless, this second era Wu-Tang is prolonged issues past an all-boy’s membership by additionally together with RZA’s niece, Marano Skyies, and placing the limelight on Methodology Man’s daughter, Chey. All of them got here collectively in NYC final week (3/26) to host a particular “Wu-Wednesdays” social evening at East Village speakeasy Hidden Tiger. We caught up with the girl on the forefront of defining what Wu-Perpetually actually means, and Chey informed us completely, “Carrying on the Wu legacy from a feminine perspective simply feels empowering. I bought my brothers behind me, my uncles behind me and it’s actually like a household factor. It’s a legacy that’s going to proceed and it simply feels good having everybody in a single accord — everyone does music, and we’re all proficient, so it’s positively one-of-a-kind.”
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Marano Skyies echoes the identical sentiments on holding it down for the women, however by no means forgets to present props to the teachings of her uncle RZA in addition to her dad, rapper ninth Prince of the Wu-affiliated rap group Killarmy. “Rising up, watching my uncle takeover on TV, it confirmed me quite a bit and taught me particularly as a feminine artist,” she informed us simply earlier than leaping on the mic, additional including, “It’s very totally different from the males; not everyone seems to be ahead to seeing a feminine get on stage and both rap or sing on the mic. I’m nonetheless studying, however I actually thank my pops, ninth Prince, and uncle RZA for exhibiting me a manner by music.”
Each women plan on deliver one thing new to Wu, with Chey describing her music as “feel-good” vibes, which she elaborated additional by including, “I’m all the time bringing my persona; what you see is what you get [with me], primarily as a result of I don’t need to placed on a façade. I wish to really feel good, so I’m going to make you’re feeling good [with my music]; If I’m feeling a bit unhappy, I’ll write a tragic track and we each gon’ really feel that! [Laughs] It’s a lady factor, private factor and total human factor to really feel, so I all the time deliver the flexibility and particularly to my CHEY’S TIME EP coming quickly.” Marano is doing extra of a mix between hip-hop and R&B, telling us, “[I’m] going a distinct route within the music trade, however I’m making music for individuals who can evaluate to what I’m going by.”
As we shut out Girls’s Historical past Month, it’s nice to see the legacy of Wu-Tang Clan just isn’t solely in good arms however that girls will probably be throwing up the W for a complete new cause.
