THE GZA PROFILE
REAL NAME:GREG GRICE

ALIESES:

GZA
GENIUS
MAXIMILLION
JUSTICE


SOLO ALBUMS:

WORD FROM THE GENIUS
LIQUID SWORDS
BENEATH THE SURFACE
GZA'S STORY

GZA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK. GZA WAS BROUGHT UP WITH ELEVEN OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WAS THE OLDEST CHILD OF THE FAMILY. GZA WAS PART OF HIP HOP FROM THE BEGINING, HE USED TO TRAVEL TO SOUNDVIEW PROJECTS IN THE BRONX, WHER HE SAW AND HEARD HIP HOP FROM THE BEGINING. (LATE 70'S). WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM THESE CONCERTS GZA USED TO TEACH HIS BROHER ROBET DIGGS (RZA) AND HIS COUSIN RUSSEL JONES (ODB) HOW TO RAP. THE THREE THEN WENT ON TO FORM A GROUP CALLED ALL IN TOGETHER NOW.

IN 1989 GZA SIGNED A RECORD DEAL WITH COLD CHILLIN RECORDS AND 2 YEARS LATER HE REALESED HIS FIRST ALBUM ;WORDS FROM THE GENIUS   WHICH WAS A BIG FAILURE AND GZA WAS INTRODUCED TO THE UGLY SIDE OF MUSIC.HE DIDN'T GIVE UP THOUGH, HE HOOKED UP WITH HIS BROTHER RZA WOULD HAD JUST LEFT TOMMY BOY RECORDS AND COUSING OL DIRTY BASTARD.THEY THEN BROUGHT FRIENDS INTO THE GROUP AND FORMED WU-TANG AS WE KNOW IT NOW.