Method Man to play one NZ show
Method Man aka Clifford Smith, one of the legendary Wu Tang Clan will make an one-off New Zealand appearance in Auckland this Thursday the 7th of January @ 4:20 nightclub on K’Rd. Tickets start from NZ$46. Check the Facebook event page or Ticketdirect page for more details.
Clifford Smith aka METHODMAN or METH is his many fans, is one of Hip Hops most prestigious artists and actors, as a high profile member of the World Famous New York based group WU TANG CLAN, his stage name hails from a movie he loved “THE FREARLESS YOUNG BOXER” and in his career he holds wining a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for his song “Ill Be there for you/Your All I need” with RNB Queen Mary J Blige as one of his greatest achievements.
Meth’s creative style earned him with only one other member of WuTang to get a solo on the groups multiplatinum debut album, ENTER the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers and in 1994 released his first solo album “Tical” of the Def Jam label entering the American Album charts at Number 4, he then did collaborations with Mary J Blige, Redman, appeared on Tupacs Album, “ALL EYEZ ON ME”, and was close friends with the late great Notorious B.I.G, Meth was the only guest rapper featured on Biggies debut album “Ready to Die”.
Meths alubms are Tical (1994), Tical 2000: Judgment day (1998), Blackout (1999), Tical 0: The Prequel (2004), 4:21 The Day After (2006), Blackout! 2 (2009) and movie/tv roles on Cop Land, The Great White Hype, One Eight Seven, Belly, Black and White, Big Daddy, Backtage, How High, Volcano High, My baby’s Daddy, Garden State, Soul Plane, Venom, Hood of Horror, Meet the Spartans, The Wackness, Sinners & Saints, The Wire, Mind of Menicia & Chappell Show.
MethodMan brings his hip hop poetry to New Zealand once again for a ONE OFF Exclusive show @ The Studio, 340 K’Rd Auckland, Thursday 7th January 2010, singing all his hits, METHOD MAN, BRING THE PAIN, ALL I NEED & so much more, with special guests, Dei Hamo, DJ CXL and Lady Sheeq, hosted by HOT Teuila Blakely.
Source: Ticketdirect.co.nz