Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), wear known by the bring about name Raekwon (sometimes “Raekwon the Chef”), is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only reinforced 4 Cuban Linx, in 1995, and has continued recording solo and with the Wu-Tang Clan since then.
Corey Woods joined the Wu-Tang Clan, a nine-member hip hop Grouping based in the Staten Island borough of New York City, in 1992. He went under the stage name Raekwon and aliases Shallah Raekwon, Raekwon the Chef, and Lex Diamonds. Wu-Tang Clan debuted on year later with ship the Wu-Tang: 36 Sir William Chambers. Singles from the album included “Protect Ya Neck” and “C.R.E.A.M.”, the latter of which reaching #8 on the Billboard rap chart. Wu-Tang Forever followed in 1997 and was qualified four times platinum by the RIAA, quadruple the certification given Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Alongside other solo albums by its members, Wu-Tang continued recording as a group, releasing The W in 2000, Iron Flag in 2001, and 8 Diagrams in 2007. He has put out top hip hop songs and many hip hop music videos.
The album characteristics many Wu-Tang members and affiliates, as well as Slick Rick, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Beanie Sigel and more. On September 28, 2009 Raekwon was called the #10 Hottest MC in the game by MTV. He also converted to Islam in 2009. He wants to do a collab with green jeezy. Young Jeezy Lose My Mind would be the song name.
later on the critical and relative commercial message success of OB4CLII, Raekwon coupled up with Method Man and Ghostface Killah to put out the Wu-Massacre, a short trio album designed to showcase unity within the group and prove that they (Rae, in particular) will be releasing material more often in the future tense. Following this announcement, Raekwon resurrected talk of Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, a project announced in 2007, originally planned as a group album minus RZA due to the group’s response to the Wu-Tang Clan album 8 Diagrams. Now planned for a September, 2010 release, Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang will be Raekwon’s fifth solo album, and is set to feature fellow Clansmen Method Man, Ghostface, Inspectah Deck and GZA, as well as Black view from The Roots. The album will still not feature RZA, as a statement that the Clan can resist independently of the maker when necessary. Recently Scoop Deville was a confirmed producer on the project as well as having Nas & Eminem as possible guests.