Raekwon

New York, NY, USA – April 16, 2014: Raekwon the Chef of Wu-Tang Clan attends the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Opening Night Premiere of ‘Time Is Illmatic’ at The Beacon Theatre Manhattan, photo by vonora/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Corey Woods

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 12, 1970

Ethnicity: African-American

Raekwon is an American rapper. He is a member of hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Other members of Wu-Tang Clan also include/have included Ol’ Dirty Bastard, GZA, Masta Killa, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and RZA. He is also known as Raekwon The Chef, Shallah Raekwon, and Lex Diamonds.

His mother is Andrea Woods. In his memoir From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan, 2021, Raekwon describes his father, whom he only met once, as being of partial Cherokee Native American ancestry and having “red skin, red hair, and a face full of red beard.”

Raekwon was raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He is a convert to Islam.

Source: Interview with Raekwon – https://www.salon.com