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Original Wu Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah will be bringing a live show to Auckland’s Powerstation, Sunday 21st June 2009.

Taking his name from the alias of the primary villain from the film Ninja Checkmate (aka The Mystery of Chess Boxing). Ghostface Killah debuted with the rest of the Clan on the 1993 release of Enter the 36 Chambers, an album that went on to define Hip Hop’s Golden Era. In the early days GFK was a roommate of RZA’a and help bring the other 7 members of the crew together. He is named as Executive Producer on all of the Wu Tang releases.

In 1995, Ghostface guest-starred extensively on fellow Clan member Raekwon’s debut album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, appearing on almost every song. His first solo LP, Ironman, released in 1996 with RZA on production has since been certified Platinum. The album, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, had a more pronounced soul influence than previous Wu-Tang releases, and Ghostface’s future albums would continue to feature this stylistic trait. Ghost has since released 6 solo albums the most recent being The Big Doe Rehab in 2007.

Alluding to tension between Clan members Ghost told The Village Voice that RZA’s production on the 2007 Wu Tang Album 8 Diagrams was

“fumbling the ball…his music wasn’t sounding like how it was when we first came in.”

Ghost also went on to release his latest solo album, The Big Doe Rehab, on the same day as 8 Diagrams.

Full Pitchfork article here.

In response to a question asking if the Wu Tang Clan are going to relase a follow up to 8 Diargams, Raekwon has this to say:

“Everybody’s doing different things right now — you got Meth coming out with an album, you got Ghostface coming out with an album, some guys working on their projects, some guys getting into the film world, everybody is multi-tasking right now.”

Full Rolling Stone interview here.

An Australian music website dropped a hint on possible support from Ghost mentioning fans there would

“get their chance to witness this powerhouse of modern day hip-hop live across the country backed up onstage by back up fellow Theodore Unit artists Wigs, Trife, Du Lilz and DJ J-Love”

For Auckland ticket sales, Ticketmaster.co.nz (who usually do tickets for the Powerstation) recommend signing up to their site and ticking the Ghostface Killah box to receive a notification once tickets go on sale. Sources have confirmed this will be a R18 show.

Ghostface Killah links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface_Killah

http://www.myspace.com/ghostface

http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=485

http://verygood.com.au/enter-the-wu-ghostface-killah-hits-australia/

Recent interviews with Ghost and Raekwon also in the latest digital HH magazine.

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