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RZA
revealed
the
real
story
of
how
Method
Man
got
his
name
in
a
recent
interview,
stunning
fans
tuning
in
as
well
as
the
hosts
of
the
show.
The
RZA
was
a
guest
on
the
EBROINTHEAM
show
on
HOT97,
co-hosted
by
Ebro
and
Peter
Rosenberg
last
Thursday
(November
9),
and
Rosenberg
played
a
snippet
from
the
hit
“Method
Man”
off
of
the
Wu-Tang
Clan’s
debut
album,
Enter
The
Wu-Tang
(36
Chambers).
It
prompted
him
to
ask,
“Why
did
Method
Man
get
his
own
song
on
the
album?
And
again,
did
you
have
a
hunch
that
this
one
would
go
off?”
The
RZA
replied,
“Method
Man
was
Shakwon
until
he
made
that
song
—
Shakwon
the
Panty
Raider.
Then,
after
he
made
that
song,
everybody
in
the
hood
called
him
Method
Man.”
Rosenberg
and
co-host
Laura
Stylez
were
both
surprised.
Ebro
then
asked,
“So
Method
Man
was
just
the
chorus,
it
wasn’t
his
name
or
the
concept?”
“It
was
the
concept
because
meth
is
weed.
He’s
the
king
of
smoking
weed.
So
he’s
the
method
man.
A
year
later,
he’s
Method
Man,”
RZA
responded.
When
asked
if
the
streets
were
the
major
weight
behind
the
decision,
he
said
it
was
the
Clan’s
decision
ultimately.
“It
was
a
conscious
decision
by
us
as
a
crew,
but
the
streets
did
push
it.”
The
revelation
caused
a
shockwave
among
the
hosts.
“That
makes
so
much
sense!
Now
that
I
think
about
it,”
Rosenberg
said
before
continuing:
“See,
RZA,
this
is
something
that
to
you
is
so
built-in
that
it’s
a
nothing
burger,
whereas
to
us,
it
makes
so
much
sense!
It
was
always
a
little
weird
that
there’s
one
song
on
the
album
named
after
a
member.
We
thought
it
was
named
after
the
member,
but
that’s
not
what
it
was;
it
was
the
name
of
a
song
that
then
became
the
name
of
a
member!”
Method
Man
himself
talked
about
the
name
change
in
his
appearance
on
the
Drink
Champs
podcast
hosted
by
N.O.R.E.
and
DJ
EFN,
specifically
citing
legendary
funk
artist
Bootsy
Collins
along
with
John
Legend,
Masta
Ace,
and
Hall
&
Oates
as
inspirations
for
the
song.
