Editing Raekwon (section)

=== Wu-Tang Clan ===
{{Main|Wu-Tang Clan}}

Woods first rapped as Sha Raider. In 1992, he joined the Wu-Tang Clan, an originally nine-member rap group drawing mainly from the [[Staten Island]] but also from the Brooklyn boroughs of New York City. He rapped as '''Raekwon The Chef''', and also used the aliases Lex Diamonds, Shallah Raekwon, and Louis Rich.<ref name="WTC allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p143661/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Wu-Tang Clan biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author2=Prato, Greg|year=2007|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref>

As recording artists, the Wu-Tang Clan debuted with the November 1993 album ''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]'', which was later [[certified platinum]].<ref name=":1" /> Its single "[[C.R.E.A.M.]]" reached #8 on the ''Billboard'' rap chart.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p143661/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Wu-Tang Clan> Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Wu-Tang Forever]]'', a double album, followed in 1997, and was certified 4x [[Multi-Platinum|multi-platinum]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Wu%20Tang%20Clan&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=CertificationDate&perPage=50 |title=Gold & Platinum – Wu-Tang Clan |publisher=RIAA |access-date=September 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151606/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> Amid other solo albums by its members, the group released ''[[The W]]'' in 2000, ''[[Iron Flag]]'' in 2001, and ''[[8 Diagrams]]'' in 2007.<ref name="WTC allmusic" />