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“Most people associate Wu Tang with Staten Island or Shaolin,…” quote by Gza — Download Open image

“Most people associate Wu Tang with Staten Island or Shaolin, but actually, I'm a native of Brooklyn. I was born in Crown Heights, raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, and Bushwick.”

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