Hip-hop legend RZA is spinning a contemporary tune.
The Wu-Tang Clan frontman unleashes a branded Crosley vinyl document participant, the primary product drop by his new collaboration with whisky model Ballantine’s.
Designed and signed by RZA, the Ballantine’s x RZA Crosley deck comes with a Montero Bluetooth speaker, and is on the market from subsequent Friday, June 30.
The timing is nice. RZA”s limited-edition C6 wheel-of-steel arrives as hip-hop celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, and as Wu-Tang Clan welcomes the thirtieth anniversary of their landmark debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
The particular document participant, constructed by Crosley Radio, the Louisville, KY specialist in audio electronics merchandise, is the primary in a wave of product releases, from music to meals and vogue, say reps.
“Whether or not it’s discovering new music, attempting out new recipes or getting your palms on a limited-edition capsule assortment,” reads an announcement, every drop “will see RZA discover his passions, exhibiting there actually isn’t any mistaken option to categorical your self.”
The multihyphenate inventive revealed his pact with the Scottish drinks model by the use of a bit to digicam, which will be seen in full under.
RZA (actual title: Robert Diggs) additionally has a protracted checklist of movie and TV credit, together with his directorial debut with 2012’s The Man with the Iron Fists, and followup movies Love Beats Rhymes (2017) and Lower Throat Metropolis (2020). He’s additionally issued a raft of soundtracks, performed his half within the trailblazing horrorcore outfit the Gravediggaz, and in March of this yr, delivered a keynote at SXSW.
Earlier this yr, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan and Nas introduced a North American tour, which is able to start this August and go to 25 cities by October. However first, the rap pioneers will play a string of reside dates within the U.Ok. and Europe by July and August.
RZA’s Ballantine’s x RZA Crosley document participant is priced from €275 ($300) at ballantines.com/RZA.
