With his laid-back, swaggering delivery and gritty rhymes, Clifford Smith, who
goes by Method Man, was the gold-toothed member of hip-hip collective Wu-Tang
Clan and marked himself out as a solo star with a string of hit albums in the
1990s.
Smith had a tough upbringing in the Staten Island projects and grew up trading
raps and selling drugs on street corners until childhood friend RZA masterminded
a plan for a group of young, local rappers. Alongside his cousins Ol' Dirty
Bastard and GZA, Method Man helped the collective mix raw, primitive beats and
tales of street life wit...