Wu-Tang Clan have always been innovators. Since exploding on the scene in the early ’90s, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, GZA, RZA and the rest of the crew have become bona fide Hip Hop gods.
So, when the Wu’s verified Twitter account announces an amendment to the elements of Hip Hop, people will likely listen. On Thursday (July 12), Wu-Tang tweeted that gaming has been added to list of MCing, DJing, graffiti writing, breaking and — depending on who you ask — knowledge.
“Gaming is now one of the elements of Hip Hop,” the tweet read. “That’s right. You heard it here first. #WuTang.”
The tweet came with two photos of a Wu-Tang logo controller and the Playstation game, Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, which was released in 1999.
According to Amazon, only one unopened copy of Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style is currently available at a bargain price of $120, although there are several used copies for sale.
The nearly 20-year-old video game was based on Wu-Tang’s stage personas and set to the legendary group’s martial arts-themed music.
Check out DX’s own blend of Hip Hop and gaming from our recent DXTurbo III: Rappers vs. Gamers event.
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Nope.
If the Wu says so…then it’s an Actual Fact now
the who tang?
I actually watched the episode of Rap City when RZA played chess in the park in Harlem NY the game is for real .
Nah, it’s not Wu
You’ve got it twisted. Read the tweet again. It doesn’t say anything about gaming. It mentions “gamming.” Look it up in the dictionary. It involves socializing while driving whales into a herd. This is the 6th element. WU-Tang Is Forever (herding narwhals). They’ve got razor sharp harpoons…..Cutting the blubber outta the rap game. Whale scale.
10/10
People too busy playing gammes to pick up a dictionary lolz
Forr surrre
Wu tang fr eva I fucks with Wu 4eva pple hu dnt no real hip-hop n listen to dos jokes dey calling hip-hop got it twisted if u dnt no them ask n Google about dem n listen
If niggras really knew something, they would actually know that it would be more of a compound than an element.
They’re black, can’t expect them to know too much
Love WU. But I put SKELLIES before Gaming. trust. SMPRH, Bless up mr wiggles rock steady crew.
No it’s not.
history foot note: the wu-tang video game wasn’t created for the wu-tang. it was a gaming company that created a fight game and had a hard time finding any buyers, so somebody approached the group about changing the characters names after members of the group, since they were hot at the time.
Yeah it was Thrill Kill. I still have a bootleg of it.
Y’all keep direspecting legends,trolls,y’all still pissen on ya nuts
Look up CS_CLOSE on youtube…
It is a revolution of the mind. It is literally a historical event.
Using Counter-strike to express the real life revolution of the west coast in a World with controlled media.
4 elements in hiphop thats it
The 5 Elements of Hip Hop were based off the 5 Pillars of Islam, from the Black prison inmates who followed Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (Black Muslims of America). The INVENTORS of Hip Hop deemed it so. Afrika Bambatta added the 5th element of Knowledge. I love the music of the Wu but this is some money grabbing bullshit. I reject their attempted tampering and alteration of history. STOP trying to be self-proclaimed prophets. You held the throne, you cut each other’s throats over money, you lost your edge because you got comfortable, you sold out your street people, and now this. You swore eternal allegiance to the Wu, then you sold out your movement for bullshit comforts. THE SPIRIT IS NO LONGER WITH YOU…