Word: clan
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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TIME: How much has it helped your business that the Clan members can go work for other entertainment companies, such as film and record companies, and bring industry secrets back with them...
...directions. What I'm trying to do now is consolidate and take my "W" off things that are not representing it properly. Take, for example, Wu Tang Records. We've got groups such as Black Knights on Wu Tang Records, but they're not Wu-Tang Clan, you know what I mean? We're not putting our logo on our secondary artists no more. We're telling them, let them build off our strength and use our expertise, but build within their own strength. Basically, the "W" will only be our finest products. The ones we all agree...
...TIME: Are clan members replaceable...
...only hurts him. Look at it like we are the United States and if one state tries to break free, where are you going? What can you actually do without the help of the other states and without the nation standing by you? In the beginning everyone in the Clan was represented by Wu Tang in their solo deals. As they got older and more mature and thought they could learn things without us basically holding their hand, they went out and hired their own lawyers and their own accountants and their own agents. And that's what we want...
Divine: I think over the next few years Wu Tang Clan will go through a transition where they rediscover themselves. I think I'm going to take my company to another level in how it operates. Because if you have a lot of companies you have a lot of different controllers and that's something the big corporations don't allow. Sony doesn't allow it. Take Tommy Mottola. He's got people that he talks to, but he basically controls what they do. Wu Tang is different, we have each individual state, Wu Wear, Razor Sharp Records, etc, acting...