Why is Raekwon called the chef?

Back in the days, flavor was something we said in the neighborhood if it was something that was ill. So they came with the name Raekwon the Chef. My name was already Shallah Raekwon, but they added “the chef,” and I took it because I felt like I was the chef to the group. I was the flavor that was missing at the time.

Who first signed Wu-Tang Clan?

Who first signed the group? Loud Records was the first record label to sign Wu-Tang Clan in 1992. Episode 9, titled ‘C. R. E. A. M.,’ saw the group’s fate hang in the wings ahead of the release of their new single, ‘Protect Ya Neck.

Which Wu-Tang member is SHA?

Woods first rapped as Sha Raider. In 1992, he joined the Wu-Tang Clan, an originally nine-member rap group drawing mainly from the Staten Island but also from the Brooklyn boroughs of New York City. He rapped as Raekwon The Chef, and also used the aliases Lex Diamonds, Shallah Raekwon, and Louis Rich.

How old was RZA in Wu-Tang started?

Wu-Tang’s 1993 debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) officially put RZA on the map and helped make him a household name.