Method Man, born Clifford Smith, has a different type of staying power. The Wu-Tang Clan member, rapper, producer and actor has been grinding it out in the industry since the early ’90s, and his ...

Cliff Smith Jr. was still a few years away from being known as Method Man and helping Wu-Tang Clan take the hip-hop world by storm when he got hooked on what became one of his life’s biggest passions.

WORCESTER — There had been a lot of talk about “the old school” in the lead-up to Friday night's Method Man and Redman show at the Palladium. “We're going back to the old school,” declared one of the ...