Big Ghost is an anonymous online personality, hip hop writer and blogger, and

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. He was once best known for his witty writing style and satirical humor on his earlier hip hop album reviews and blog posts.

History

''Big Ghost'' began as a parody of

Wu Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close affi ...

Ghostface Killah Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 C ...

, which many believed to be Ghostface himself. He was interviewed by various online magazines including GQ,

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, and ''Complex'' and later began writing for and collaborating with major blogs and websites such as Okayplayer and the Genius website.

Controversy

In early March 2011, rapper

Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, ''Show and Prove'', in 2006 and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 20 ...

publicly went on the air during an interview on The Star & Bucwild Morning Show, and made remarks about rapper

, saying that he was "corny", for allegedly commenting on Wiz's latest single " Roll Up" on his blog, further stating, "Him saying corny stuff makes him a corny individual". The real Ghostface quickly responded stating it was not him, tweeting ''"tell the kid Wiz, its all love i respect him as a artist and got no issues wit him at all, Once again the website is fake, its not ya boy!"'', then later tweeting again, reaffirming that he had no affiliation with the

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. On 3 March 2011, legal action was taken by Wu Tang Corporate to shut the blog site down due to infringement violations but was later made operational once again.

Music production

In late 2015, Big Ghost branched out into music production, releasing a free project with production being credited solely to ''Big Ghost Ltd''. It has never been made publicly clear whether ''Big Ghost Ltd'' itself is a solo venture or a team of collaborating producers, although a ''Hector Puente Colon Jr. & The Santiago Men's Basketball Philharmonic Orchestra'' has been attributed to the instrumentation on all albums. The first release under the Big Ghost Ltd name, was a collaborative project with Buffalo rappers

Westside Gunn Alvin Lamar Worthy (born July 27, 1982), known professionally as Westside Gunn, is an American rapper. He is a co-founder of independent hip-hop label Griselda Records. He is the brother of rapper Conway The Machine and cousin of rapper Benny the ...

and Conway, entitled ''Griselda Ghost'', released on 11 September 2015. On 5 October 2018, ''Big Ghost Ltd.'' was given full production credit on

's latest project called '' The Lost Tapes''."Ghostface Killah - The Lost Tapes" 09 October 2018

Discography

Albums / EP's

Singles

Remixes

Instrumental Albums

Mixtapes

References

External links

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