what does RZA and GZA stand for?

[rhythmalism]

can someone explain?

[We Fly High]

"when i did my first record, I was prince rakeem, and i had a song called "pza pza pumping" that song was big in my neighborhood but niggas used to call me "rza rza Rakeeem" because i wrote "razor" as a grafittig tag."

[[sepehr]]

^^Yeah, dno about GZA tho, but probably something to do with Genius

[JMan]

makes sence

[Kill]

yeah, from what I know, GZA´s to do with Genius, dunno bout any details though

[Low Key]

I thought it was because when they scratched their names on turntables, that was the sound they heard. I could be wrong though.

[JMan]

aint heard that one, but could be right... its a mad way to create ya name though if they did..

[Javier]

Im gussing its just Wu-breviations for Razor and Genius

[MANBEARPIG.]

GZA- Genius Zenith Apex  hes the top no matter how you cut it.... I jus made that up.

[Jome]

RZA is short for Rzarektah, but I think it's also short for "Raheem Zigzag Allah" or something crazy like that.

[We Fly High]

"then my teacher in islam had us removing the S's. he was saying "we dont need no S anymore. we're completing ourselves with a Z". in divine mathetmatics, the Z stands for Zig Zag Zig, which means knowledge, wisdom and understanding,- the last letter of the alphabet and the final step of consciousness. so finally i just thought of the name as letters, not a word, R Z A. It stands for Ruler-Knowledge-Wisdom-and-Understanding-Allah"

"justice is his righteous name. the full name is Allah Justice. thats why you look on the cover of "protect ya neck" single, its spelled JIZZA. his name back in the day was Gangsta G and Dirty was the Genius. Then Dirty became the Professor for awhile, and we traded off. Finaly, it was clear who the Genius was".

[The Watcher]

on the wutang forever rza says "we got the king, Ruler Zig Zag Zig Allah.."

[RZARECTA]

if u really want to know buy the wu-tamg manual   all of the wu-tang mystery and stories and all those lil questions u have about the group will be answered and more.  Ruler Zig Zag Zig Alllah is a one DEEP brotha

[Diabolical]

I never knew there was a book, i think ill get it.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

"then my teacher in islam had us removing the S's. he was saying "we dont need no S anymore. we're completing ourselves with a Z". in divine mathetmatics, the Z stands for Zig Zag Zig, which means knowledge, wisdom and understanding,- the last letter of the alphabet and the final step of consciousness. so finally i just thought of the name as letters, not a word, R Z A. It stands for Ruler-Knowledge-Wisdom-and-Understanding-Allah"

"justice is his righteous name. the full name is Allah Justice. thats why you look on the cover of "protect ya neck" single, its spelled JIZZA. his name back in the day was Gangsta G and Dirty was the Genius. Then Dirty became the Professor for awhile, and we traded off. Finaly, it was clear who the Genius was".

Someone bought that Wu Tang manual

Must say its a real dope read though, RZA definitely broke down a lot of things about the Wu that I wanted to know, and the bits on his production style and equipment was real dope too.