Wu-Tang Clan affiliates

The pioneering hardcore hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan's plan to conquer the hip hop industry consisted not only of making each member into a solo star in their own right, but also to create and promote numerous affiliate artists.

Shyheim

MC who was only 14 when he released his debut album in 1994. Shyheim also starred in an online reality show called "Real Talk" in 2004, and has acted in several movies, including "The Preacher's Wife". Real name Shyheim Dionel Franklin, he was born in Brooklyn but raised in Staten Island. He is also known as The Rugged Child, Manchild and Micky Knos.

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Discography: Shyheim AKA The Rugged Child (1994); The Lost Generation (1996); Manchild (1999); The Greatest Story Never Told (2004).

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