Wu-Tang Investigation Continues

A police investigator has revealed the names of the victim and his alleged attackers in a reported Aug. 29 beating involving members of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan

According to Steve Vaccaro of the Tinley Park (Ill.) Police Dept., Jessiah "Milk" Styles, a regional marketing and promotion manager for the group's label, Loud Records, alleges that he was beaten by Wu-Tang members Raekwon, Method Man, GZA, and Inspectah Deck; the group's manager, John "Mook" Gibbons<; a tour accountant identified as "Dexter"; and an unidentified member of the act's entourage. Vaccaro says that no charges have been filed, but an investigation is continuing.

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Song Stories

“Too Close”

Next | 1998

Next was formed in Minneapolis when the uncle of Terry "T-Low" and Raphael "Tweety" Brown, who was a gospel choir director, introduced the brothers to Robert Lavelle "R.L." Huggar. Sounds of Blackness singer Ann Nesby groomed the R&B group before handing them over to Naughty by Nature's KayGee, who wrote and produced "Too Close." The idea for the song was sparked "from a conversation we had with several girls at a nightclub," explained T-Low. "It's talking about the club scene, with guys getting out of hand and the female telling him to back up, asking, 'What are you doing?'" 

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