1-2-1 w/jeffstaple: RZA

For the 15th installment of the ongoing 1-2-1 w/jeffstaple series, the Creative Director of Staple

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For the 15th installment of the ongoing 1-2-1 w/jeffstaple series, the Creative Director of Staple Design and Reed Space sits down for a two-part back and forth with none other than Wu-Tang Clan founding member the RZA. Touching on his introduction to hip-hop, The Abbot discusses the rush he felt when the music took him over – literally rendering him unable to do anything else with his life. Eloquent as always, RZA takes the viewer on a 20-minute investigation that shaped him as both a musician and as a man.

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