Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 4): Angel Dust, an Unlicensed .357 Magnum, and Attempted Robbery
DISGRACELAND
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🗓️ 14 September 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Ghostface Killah allegedly tried to steal three thousand dollars from a parking lot attendant. They said he was shot in the neck and shoulder in Steubenville, Ohio, shortly before the RZA went on trial for attempted murder. Or so the story goes. And it is true that he was busted with a .357 Magnum, hollow-point bullets, and a bulletproof vest during a routine traffic stop. It was stories and transgressions like these that led the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to dig deep into Wu-Tang Clan’s past in order to build a new narrative that the music was merely a front for organized crime – a narrative that would soon go all the way to the FBI.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:20.0 | The stories about Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killer are insane. He shot up someone's house while |
| 0:26.9 | smoking wet. That's a joint dipped in angel dust and embalming fluid. And he was busted with an |
| 0:33.8 | unlicensed 357 magnum, hollow point bullets, and a bulletproof vest during a routine |
| 0:39.6 | traffic stop. He allegedly tried to steal $3,000 from a parking lot attendant. |
| 0:45.7 | That particular offense got him sent to Rikers Island after he copped a plea for attempted robbery. |
| 0:51.6 | And all of his real-life experiences on the street have informed his music, |
| 0:57.0 | great music. Some of the most lyrically dense stories ever put to tape, both as a member of |
| 1:02.2 | the Wu-Tang clan and as a solo artist. Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, |
| 1:08.2 | that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop for my Melotron |
| 1:12.8 | called Theatrical Neoclassical, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights |
| 1:20.5 | to Candle in the Win, 1997 by Elton John. And why would I play you that specific slice of Marilyn Monroe slash Princess Dye tribute |
| 1:31.0 | cheese could I afford it? Because that was the number one song in America on November 22, 1997. |
| 1:40.0 | And that was the day that the manager of a hip-hop group in Ohio was shot dead. |
| 1:45.5 | A shooting that resulted in unexpected yet serious ramifications for Ghost Face Killah and the entire Wu-Tang Clan. |
| 1:54.3 | On this episode, Smoking Wet, an unlicensed 357 Magnum, attempted robbery, a plea deal, and Wu-Tang Clan's |
| 2:03.5 | ghost-faced killer. |
| 2:05.4 | I'm Tony was pissed. |
| 2:41.5 | He just wanted to go home, but he couldn't. |
| 2:44.7 | All four of his car's tires have been slashed while he and Frank were in the club. |
| 2:48.9 | Hour, maybe hour and a half, not that long, and now this. |
| 2:53.2 | This was bullshit. |
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