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New York, NY, USA – April 16, 2014: Raekwon the Chef of Wu-Tang Clan attends the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Opening Night Premiere of ‘Time Is Illmatic’ at The Beacon Theatre Manhattan, photo by vonora /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Corey Woods
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 12, 1970
Ethnicity: African-American
Raekwon is an American rapper. He is a member of hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Other members of Wu-Tang Clan also include/have included Ol’ Dirty Bastard , GZA , Masta Killa , Ghostface Killah , Method Man , and RZA . He is also known as Raekwon The Chef, Shallah Raekwon, and Lex Diamonds.
His mother is Andrea Woods. In his memoir From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan , 2021, Raekwon describes his father, whom he only met once, as being of partial Cherokee Native American ancestry and having “red skin, red hair, and a face full of red beard.” Raekwon was raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He is a convert to Islam.
Source: Interview with Raekwon – https://www.salon.com