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The Rza Discusses Upcoming Book “The Tao of Wu”
Loading ...MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I’m Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, former Cosby kid Raven-Symone is just in her 20s, but she has already become a multimedia entertainment mogul. Now we find out what music she likes to listen to. That’s a little later in the program.
But first, we hear from one of the wise old men of rap. He may have been born Robert F. Diggs of Brooklyn, New York, but the world knows him as The RZA, hip-hop’s resident wise man and co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, one of the most influential rap groups of all time.
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MARTIN: Not only is The RZA a Grammy-winning producer, he is an author, an actor, a chess fiend, the composer of film scores for movies like “Ghost Dog” and “Kill Bill.”
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MARTIN: But it’s actually the author part that draws The RZA to our New York studios today. He has just published his second book, called “The Tao of Wu,” and it’s – well, why don’t we let him tell you. Welcome. Thank you for joining us.
Mr. ROBERT DIGGS (Author, “The Tao of Wu”): Thanks for having me.
MARTIN: How would you describe the book, kind of a memoir, parables, book of wisdom? I mean, if you were to wander into the bookstore, where would you want them to put it?
Mr. DIGGS: I’d prefer they put it where they put the wisdom section at, because I think it definitely is a book of wisdom, and originally, that was the original working title was “The Wisdom of Wu.” And we decided to called it “The Tao of Wu” because the word Tao means the way, and it’s, like, the way or the path that I traveled and some of us, some of the Wu-Tang members traveled to get to where we are today, with little knowledge and precepts and parables and morals throughout the travels.
MARTIN: You traveled a number of paths. That’s, I think, one of the things that people will appreciate about the book, and you’re honest about all of them. Any hesitation about putting all your truth out there?
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