These appearances, plus subsequent headlining contributions to the soundtracks of Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and Sunset Park, primed Ghost for his own solo breakout.nnSigned to major-label Epic via an arrangement with RZA boutique label Razor Sharp, Ghostface Killah became the fifth Wu-Tang member to release a solo album when Ironman was racked in October 1996.

Among the tracks featuring Ghost were the preceding lead single 'Heaven u0026 Hell,' a remix of 'Can It Be All So Simple,' and the Top Five Billboard rap hits 'Criminology' and 'Ice Cream.' During the same year, Ghost linked with Raekwon and RZA on other Wu-Tang projects, namely Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers and GZA's Liquid Swords, and took part in the making of yet another classic, Queensbridge duo Mobb Deep's The Infamous. In August 1995, a few months after Enter the Wu-Tang was certified platinum, 'Tony Starks (Ghost Face Killer)' was billed as guest star on Raekwon's RZA-produced Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. On the album's fifth and final single, 'Can It Be All So Simple,' Ghostface rhymed about his intent to 'make more hits with Rae and A,' singling out fellow Wu-Tang members Raekwon and the RZA. These included the two-volume Twelve Reasons to Die (20), Sour Soul (2015), and Czarface Meets Ghostface (2019).nn The rapper born Dennis Coles emerged from his native Staten Island as part of Wu-Tang Clan, who released their first single in 1992 and became one of the strongest hip-hop institutions the following year with Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

Throughout the following decade, Ghost added to his legacy with a series of creatively unrestricted works, many of which were whole-album collaborations, conceived with the likes of the RZA-inspired Adrian Younge, BadBadNotGood, and Czarface. After an occasionally commercial early period with Epic that yielded a second classic, Supreme Clientele (2000), Ghost moved to Def Jam, where he released six additional solo LPs highlighted by his fourth Top Ten pop album, Fishscale (2006). His platinum-certified debut strengthened a partnership with the RZA, whose bracing mutations of dusty soul have either soundtracked or influenced much of his best output. A masterful storyteller whose range extends from graphic crime fantasies to stirring autobiographical recollections, the rapper first appeared with his Staten Island group's trailblazing Enter the Wu-Tang (1993) and started building a vast solo discography with Ironman (1996). Whether judged strictly by his work with Wu-Tang Clan or as a solo artist, Ghostface Killah is an indisputable giant.

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