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Wu-Tang Drama Continues: RZA Responds to Raekwon's "Strike" On Hot97

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

Wu-Tang fans have had painstaking few months. With the foremost lyrical figure (Raekwon) and the group's towering leader (RZA) engaged in some media-based squabbling, its difficult to sustain even the smallest modicum of hope for the group's future. In a wildly candid interview with Hot97 in a promo run for his upcoming role in Brick Mansions, Bobby Digital broke down things on his end, giving proper lip service to the way media outlets have handled the situation and how he doesn't see a way for there to be a Wu-Tang without The Chef.

While Rae's concerns were widely administrative, Bobby Digital begged his brother and all of the affiliates to speak amongst themselves in regards to Wu matters. Though it seems that money math might be what's really getting in between these, it goes without saying that once the blogosphere catches wind of these things, they'll become so overly sensationalized that people tend to pick a side without having a clear picture of what is going on at ground-level. So there's definitely still some murky water between the two Rs of Wu, but all of the attention the Shaolin Kings have garnered as of late in regards to both their upcoming -- potentially Chef-less-- A Better Tomorrow LP and the several years in the making secret album, there's still plenty to keep the hopeful going. Here's to a calm at the end of this typhoon. You can watch RZA comment on all the beef below, but keep your eyes and ears locked for the next chapter in this latest Wu- Tang saga.