After all those years of being confined to Staten Island, developing talent, going through the training of the chambers, this was our moment to share our wisdom with the world. That’s why we chose the name Wu-Tang instead of Shaolin. Shaolin is a holy place—there’s no violence or crime in Shaolin. Wu-Tang are the people who studied at Shaolin and left. Some of them joined the government, some became killers, others bandits; in some movies they’re good guys, but mostly they’re bad. I thought we were the bad guys but that we were bringing this Shaolin chamber to the world. That’s why I named
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