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Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Raekwon to Brownsville, Brooklyn. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at Park Hill Apartments
Park Hill Apartments, Staten Island: He recalls Park Hill as a nice environment in his early years, with very clean buildings, doormen and intercoms. NPR calls it the projects he called home.
Source: text.npr.org
Places
- Wu-Tang Clan District
- Wu-Tang Clan mural
- New Dorp High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Moment
Wu-Tang Clan District
2019The sign for the Wu-Tang Clan District stands at the corner of Targee Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Park Hill, where the video for “Can It All Be So Simple” was filmed. City officials, fans and several of the group’s members gathered for its unveiling in May 2019, after a unanimous City Council vote, per 6sqft.
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Mural
Wu-Tang Clan mural
2021Will Power’s 100-foot wall of ten hand-painted portraits of the group’s members took ten days to complete and was unveiled in June 2021, per NY1. NYC Tourism names RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Raekwon among the founding members front and center, and says the wall can be seen from Tappen Park.
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