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My Take
What I find quietly fascinating about Masta Killa is that he started as the most peripheral member of the Wu-Tang Clan, with just a single verse on the entire 36 Chambers debut, yet he never disappeared. To me that slow-burn trajectory says a lot about patience in an art form obsessed with instant impact. He grew into one of the Clan's most reliable voices through the group records and his own solo work from the mid-90s on. I respect artists who let the work accumulate rather than chasing a moment, and his career reads exactly like that.
Overview
Jamel Irief (born Elgin Evander Turner; August 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He was only featured on one track on their 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), but has been prolific on Clan group albums and solo projects since the mid-1990s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Masta Killa
- Name (Japanese)
- マスタ・キラ
- Reading
- ますた・きら
- Born
- August 18, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.