For instance, the writers took liberties with the Wu-Tang character Shurrie, played by Zolee Griggs, who is based on a composite of all of RZA's sisters and not just one person, per an interview the actor did with Stylecaster. Zolie Griggs as Shurrie Diggs -- a combination of the RZA's three sisters in real life, in a still from 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga'. "No instruction manual and I gotta make a beat with this, I gotta sample a song, truncate it, I gotta loop it, I gotta filter it, I gotta control the pitch, then I gotta quantize it and I gotta choose my time signature and there's no instructions. } 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' stars Ashton Sanders as Bobby and centers around him as he finds his identity as the RZA and rises above the streets to do what he loves. He also spoke about Ashton Sanders, who plays the young Bobby, discovering things while filming, even learning to use the equipment. Pay for the f*cking sample. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(),

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That’s my brother-in-law. In the Hulu show, the viewers also get to see some members of the RZA's family: his mother, Divine, his elder brother, another younger brother, and a sister, Shurrie Diggs. "It's their lives and their stories, and you want to do right by them.... We had a bunch of opportunities to actually hang with the people we're portraying and meet them and have conversations.". Being from Staten Island, Young exclaimed how the Wu-Tang Clan runs through his veins. Credit: Hulu In the Hulu show, the viewers also get to see some members of the RZA's family: his mother, Divine, his elder brother, another younger brother, and a sister, Shurrie Diggs. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { In addition to being the sister of RZA, Divine, and Randy (Justus Davis-Graham) Driggs, Shurrie also begins dating Dennis Coles (Siddiq Saunderson) — …

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eventAction: 'render' The show went to the actual neighborhoods to film the show, especially 88 Lowell Avenue, Staten Island, where the RZA would come home from school every day and start playing with the equipment, with comic books scattered on the floor and records lying everywhere. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. There's some writing on it (the SP-1200) that gives you some hints but there's no manual and I just stayed up days, days, days and then Raekwon would come over, hear what I'd made, grab the mic. I was able to speak to Sophia, which is one of his sisters," Griggs told the outlet. With Sanders learning to play it as well while filming, the RZA says the viewers get a real sense of the same thing he had to go through with the SP-1200.

}. ga('ads.send', { To see us relive that is a beauty.". }); The RZA aka Bobby Digital aka Bobby Diggs came together with Alex Tse to make a show for Hulu that would retell the origins of the Wu-Tang Clan and how the rappers came together to make music and the influences that have marked their signature tracks.

window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { You turn your phone off, your PS4 off and YouTube is my best friend. "There's definitely some pressure just because you want to honor these people," Griggs told Stylecaster in the same aforementioned interview. He was an executive producer on their debut album that went platinum, Wu-Tang: Enter the 36 Chambers. hitType: 'event', if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ hitType: 'event', The first three episodes premiered on Hulu on  September 4 with each subsequent episode airing weekly on Wednesdays. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), },false) Said Griggs, "Women, we make it work and (Shurrie's) really dope". Here's what they had to say. } ga('ads.send', { Diggs was introduced to hip hop music at the age of nine, and by eleven, was competing in rap battles. I know that one of his sisters is a badass and she would fight a bunch of people and one of his sisters is a softer one and sweet one and I get to pop out as different little pieces here and there, which is really dope". Anna Duggar’s daughters are so cute and cool hair. Alex Tse, co-creator and writer for the show, also spoke to us about writing a biographical script and he revealed that because Wu-Tang Clan means so much to him and to so many people in the world, how important it was for him to not screw up the writing of the story. In Episode 4, we also see how she goes to Dennis aka Ghostface Killah's house when his mother is in the hospital, to take care of Dennis's two younger brothers suffering from muscular dystrophy. Young told us how he prepared for the role of GZA, who is one of the rappers with the most vocabulary in music. While most of the characters in Wu-Tang: An American Saga are straight depictions of real-life people such as RZA (Ashton Sanders), Raekwon (Shameik Moore), and Method Man (Dave East), some of the personalities are less obvious. We can't put 11 brothers and sisters in our show," RZA told the Press Association, per the Belfast Telegraph. All images are used with permission or licensed. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Griggs stresses how impressive this is, considering the character is only 17-years-old. All rights reserved. }); MEAWW also caught up with Johnell Young who plays young GZA at the Paley Fest. And while it may seem like a bizarre move, the reasoning is quite simple. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads');

She also spoke about the importance of her character, how Shurrie represents a lot of women and the weight they have to carry. Paula Meronek of Real World, The Challenge celebrates major milestone, Jenna Compono Twitter backlash: The Challenge star apologizes to fans for her voting comments, Jersey Shore source reveals whether Ronnie Ortiz-Magro is ready to marry Saffire Matos. If you have an entertainment scoop or a story for us, please reach out to us on (323) 421-7515. Take my hand! ", In addition to being the sister of RZA, Divine, and Randy (Justus Davis-Graham) Driggs, Shurrie also begins dating Dennis Coles (Siddiq Saunderson) — who would become Ghostface Killah — in the Hulu series. MEAWW spoke to some of the cast and crew of the show at the Paley Fest about their characters and the making of the show. gads_event = event; if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ However, that Shurrie's character wasn't based on just one person turned out to be an advantage for Griggs.

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hitType: 'event', ga('ads.send', { A post shared by Divine.Diggs (@divine_diggs) on Apr 4, 2018 at 7:02am PDT According to a LinkedIn page , Mitchell “Divine” Diggs has been managing Wu-Tang Clan since 1993. Youtube and his number. "The root of this show is based and founded on truth. So what they gonna take this and things, but the people want that from us right now. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ We are one of the world’s fastest growing eventAction: 'click_image_ads' In the show we see Shurrie taking care of her family, cooking, cleaning, "looking after her little brother, her older brothers, her own mother, herself". But while Shurrie is a composite of RZA's real-life sisters, Griggs is able to pull off the sizable role with panache — three times over. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { "I have 11 brothers and sisters. eventAction: 'click_adunit' "It was intimidating at first, but as the show progresses, I think we definitely got more and more comfortable and felt more confident in being these people," Griggs told Stylecaster. "I know that one of his sisters is a badass and she would fight a bunch of people, and one of his sisters is a softer one and sweet one, and I get to pop out as different little pieces here and there, which is really dope. At the Paley Fest, MEA Worldwide (MEAWW) spoke to some members of the cast and crew of the show about the characters and the making of the show. , Mitchell “Divine” Diggs has been managing Wu-Tang Clan since 1993. From ages three to seven, Diggs spent summers in North Carolina with his uncle, who encouraged him to read and study. }); hitType: 'event', And let’s fly away! },false) });

Spreading love and acceptance around the world! "It does give me creative freedom because I can tap into different aspects and characteristics of each sister," she said in an interview with MEAWW at Paley Fest. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. But the beauty of it is even when we had to dramatise [sic] something we still made sure the root of the truth was in it.". 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