RZA Doles Out One Spoon of Chocolate
RZA, born Robert Diggs, is most well-known as The Abbot, or leader, of the Wu-Tang Clan. Beyond his musical pursuits, however, he has been building an eclectic body of work in cinema for going on three decades. RZA’s cinematic beginnings can be traced to Jim Jarmusch’s elegant, and elegiac, urban samurai riff Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), for which he composed the score and played a minor role. He then appeared as himself in a trio of early aughts comedies: Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), which re-teamed him with Jarmusch; Scary Movie 3 (2003) alongside fellow Wu-Tang members Method Man, U-God, and Raekwon; and Be […]
by Justin LaLiberty on Apr 29, 2026