Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah is, without exaggeration, one of the most gifted pure rappers to ever pick up a mic, and I'll die on that hill. As a core member of Wu-Tang Clan, he was already essential on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), but his solo run is what really separates him from the pack — Ironman, Supreme Clientele, Fishscale, these are stone-cold classics that hold up decades later. What gets me is the specificity of his storytelling: he paints scenes so vivid and chaotic you feel like you're ducking in a doorway somewhere on Staten Island. His voice has this raw, urgent energy that never lets up. Love him or scratch your head at his references, Ghost is an original, and hip-hop is genuinely richer for having him in it.

Name (English)

Ghostface Killah

Name (Japanese)

ゴーストフェイス・キラ

Reading

ごーすとふぇいす・きら

Born

May 9, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dog

Origin

Staten Island, New York, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

rapper / songwriter / record producer / music executive / musician

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.ghostfacekillah.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realghostfacekillah/
• Xhttps://x.com/GhostfaceKillah
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• New York
• rapper
• songwriter
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.