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Ghostface Killah
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dennis Coles, Ghostface, Tony Starks, Starks
American rapper (born 1970)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Rise of a Killah
- World According to Pretty Toney
- Cell Block Z
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Film & TV
Acting · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Dennis Coles, better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ghostface Killah, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Evil-E – Eva Ries and the Wu-Tang Clan2025
- Wu-Tang Clan & Nas: NY State of Mind Tour at Climate Pledge Arena — Self2024
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord — Self2024
- Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys — Self2024
- ODB: Wu Tang Forever — As Himself2024
- Pharma Bro — Self2021
- You're Watching Video Music Box — Self2021
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- Asia Rising: The Next Generation of Hip-Hop — Self2019
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men — Self2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1970
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 836,975
- Total plays
- 20,499,977
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Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success with their 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career in 1996 with Ironman, which was well received by music critics. He would continue his career, creating additional award-winning albums over the fo
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules
· 2018 · cited 199x
- A preliminary study to identify and distinguish southern tropical populations of <i>Ganoderma boninense</i> from oil palm via mating assays, sequence data, and microsatellite markers
· 2021 · cited 10x
- Addendum: Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules
· 2018 · cited 5x
- Potential photoacid generators based on oxime sulfonates
· 2019 · cited 4x
- The Secret Doctrine
· 1997 · cited 2x
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Key facts
- Born
- Dennis David Coles , ( 1970-05-09 ) May 9, 1970 (age 56) , New York City, U.S.
- Other names
- Ghostface Toney Starks D-Love
- Occupations
- Rapper, Songwriter
- Years active
- 1991–present
- Relatives
- Shyheim (cousin)
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop hardcore hip-hop
- Works
- Ghostface Killah discography
- Labels
- Mass Appeal Tommy Boy Starks Enterprises Soul Temple Razor Sharp Epic Def Jam
- Member of
- Wu-Tang Clan Theodore Unit
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ghostfacekillah.com
- Image
- Ghostface Killah in 2010 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 185
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- date of birth
- 1970-05-09
- Commons category
- Ghostface Killah
- birth name
- Dennis Coles
- pseudonym
- D-Love
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 875268
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Dennis David 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 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo career with Ironman, which was well received by music critics, in 1996. He has enjoyed continued success in the years that have followed, releasing critically acclaimed albums such as Supreme Clientele (2000) and Fishscale (2006). His stage name was taken from one of the characters in the 1979 kung fu film The Mystery of Chess Boxing. He is the founder of his own record label, Starks Enterprises.
Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. In 2006, MTV included him as an "honourable mention" on their list of the "Greatest MCs of All Time", while the editors of About.com placed him on their list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)", calling him "one of the most imaginative storytellers of our time." Q magazine called him "rap's finest storyteller". Pitchfork has stated that "Ghostface has unparalleled storytelling instincts; he might be the best, most colorful storyteller rap has ever seen." NPR has called him "a compulsive storyteller", and asserts that "his fiction is painterly."