Ghostface Killah Reveals His ‘Fondest’ Career Memory
Ghostface Killah has had fairly the profession spanning a number of many years, and whereas he’s achieved a lot, there’s one second that stands out above the remaining.
The Wu-Tang rapper spoke to XXL for a quick Q&A broadcast on Tuesday (August 13). Amid the handful of questions, Ghost was requested what his fondest rap reminiscence is, and his reply was easy.
“Going on stage with Beyoncé,” he mentioned.
The pair collaborated on a remix of Bey’s 2003 tune “Summertime,” which they dueted on dwell a number of occasions, most famously at Madison Square Garden that November for a efficiency that confirmed up within the JAY-Z documentary Fade to Black the next 12 months.
Back in June, Ghostface Killah stopped by Million Dollaz Worth of Game and at one level in the course of the chat, recalled the time Hov got here calling for cash he was owed.
Reminiscing in regards to the early days of Wu, Ghostface Killah started: “One time, RZA and [GZA] were telling me that Hov was on the list with us to do a show or whatever. We gave him some time … Long story short, n-ggas ain’t pay him the money.
“You know how Hov is. He wait. A few years down the line, and bring it up to one of the n-ggas. Like, ‘Yeah, remember that time you ain’t really pay me?’”
Pretty Toney and co-hosts Gillie Da Kid and Wallace Peeples then laughed in regards to the now-billionaire by no means forgetting a debt.
The unpaid debt isn’t the one connection between JAY-Z and Wu-Tang Clan.
Last 12 months, RZA sat down with Rolling Stone and shared a narrative about his affect on a younger Hov.
“I think that what I did was necessary. I think that it was ordained,” he mentioned. “One day, JAY-Z told me, ‘Yo, I got [the idea for] The Blueprint from you.’”
He continued: “At that time, I was headed to Hollywood already. Now, here’s a path, here’s a way it can work. And it continued to work in different regions of the country and with different crews.”