Anyone know exactly how the Wu was managed then vs now? And what are members mad about? I know U-God was pissed once that it cost tons of money to put the "W" on his album cover and he thought they watered down the group by signing so many Killa Beez. Rae has said Divine is a snake and the main reason he doesn't want to do group projects besides live shows. I know the Wu wear deal pissed off members and they didn't see any money from it. Deck said on Vlad that Meth & RZA switched to Hollywood because music business is so dirty and inconsistent and Deck blamed Wu's management for the group not working together often.
From my perspective, it seems RZA and Wu management wanted to get better solo deals for themselves and everyone else after their bad deals as Genius and Prince Rakeem. So they took a bad group deal and didn't help other members get good deals, just big deals that RZA and Wu management ate off of. Seems RZA knows its fucked up and tries to take care of members as much as he can but also doesn't mind his family taking the lion's share because it is essentially his group.
Does anyone know ODB's story? Why he didn't want the Wu on "Nigga Please" and why he got his own separate management after it. It looks like Wu mismanaged him and he blew the giant advance he got for it and made nothing off its huge success like his cousins probably did. I've heard people say ODB was just out of control high and pushing Wu away but Ghost, Rae & Meth copied him by trying to get away from Wu management and not repping Wu Tang. I think ODB kept the Wu features off NP because he didn't want to pay anymore than he had to after getting star producers and big marketing, etc. I also think Wu management let him get away with missing shows and things because they were family & he was more successful and that pissed off other members who were making shows and trying to blow up.
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