Wu-Tang Clan have three platinum albums among their eight LPs, and the group's complete anthology (including solo albums) has more than 85 full-length releases. Wu-Tang Clan are entrepreneurs and successful cultural influencers, with an empire that features everything from clothing lines and video games to books and acting credits.
Nas signed to Columbia Records in the 1990's with the first full-length album by poet and rhyme-master Nas arriving in 1994, Illmatic. Success continued with the breakthrough double-platinum It Was Written (#1 R&B for 7 weeks, #1 pop for 4 weeks), and his first major crossover singles “Street Dreams” and “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That).”