Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA has collected a trophy room stuffed with honors over the course of his nearly-four decade profession. However it’s a current sudden tribute that had the veteran MC/producer feeling tremendous particular.
“[It’s a] nice honor to know that there’s one other era that’s not even of my very own family that feels the power and the inspiration of that identify,” the Grammy-winning rapper born Robert Fitzgerald Diggs advised CNN on Thursday (July 6) when describing his emotions about Rihanna and A$AP Rocky naming thier 13-month-old son after him.
“RZA is simply a reputation, it’s a title,” RZA added. “So it’s an honor and I salute her and A$AP and their household. All of the blessings on the planet from me.” In line with Hip Hop in America: A Regional Information Vol. 1, RZA got here up together with his rap identify as he started to delve into Islam and discovered concerning the significance of the letter Z, which refers back to the highest stage of human consciousness. He’s mentioned the identify stands for “Ruler, Zi-Zag-Zig, Allah,” which interprets into “Ruler, Information-Knowledge-Understanding, Allah.”
Again in Might, Rocky posted a collection of images and a video of the couple’s son on Instagram, together with a caption that included the identify RZA and a Wu-Tang shout-out. “‘WU TANG IZ 4 DA CHUREN’ HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO MY 1st BORN . RZA,” he wrote on the time. Simply days earlier than the Each day Mail claimed that it had obtained the newborn boy’s start certificates, which reportedly famous that his full identify is RZA Athelston Mayers; Rocky’s start identify is Rakim Athelston Mayers.
The joyful couple celebrated summer season earlier this week when Rihanna confirmed off her view from the seashore through a cute photograph of Rocky holding RZA up the sky. With a palm tree and setting solar background, she captioned the candy scene, “my Bajan boyz…🇧🇧❤️,” suggesting that the household — which is able to quickly by joined by child No. 2 — is taking some R&R time in RihRih’s residence nation of Barbados.
