eventAction: 'render' Zolie Griggs as Shurrie Diggs -- a combination of the RZA's three sisters in real life, in a still from 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga'. }); “For me it’s just putting in the work so I can be better than myself, better than the last project I did, better than who I was last year,” she explains. “Because I’m not in competition with anybody beside myself, and who I was vs. who I want to be. eventAction: 'load' Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. hitType: 'event', eventAction: 'click_image_ads' eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), “We respect the men for doing what they have to do to make ends meet,” Griggs explains matter-of-factly now speaking as Shurrie. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ “Sometimes men need that,” she stresses. Griggs stresses how impressive this is, considering the character is only 17-years-old. hitType: 'event', Youtube and his number. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); The first three episodes premiered on Hulu on  September 4 with each subsequent episode airing weekly on Wednesdays. }); Production companies were slated to include Imagine Television. } The Shurrie in question is Shurrie Diggs, the fictional sister of RZA (née Bobby Diggs) and anamalgamation of some of real-life RZA’s 11 siblings. She also spoke about the importance of her character, how Shurrie represents a lot of women and the weight they have to carry. let gads_event; In the first episode of the show, Bobby is seen eyeing the SP-1200 machine, which he finally buys in episode 4. hitType: 'event', Being from Staten Island, Young exclaimed how the Wu-Tang Clan runs through his veins. Speaking of how things together leading to the show that chronicles the story of the Wu-Tang Clan, the RZA noted that going back to his old neighborhood and the home he grew up in and bringing the story to life for a new generation has been the "bong-bong-bonker". The Shurrie in question is Shurrie Diggs, the fictional sister of RZA (née Bobby Diggs) and anamalgamation of some of real-life RZA’s 11 siblings. Alex Tse, co-creator and writer for the show, also spoke to us about writing a biographical script and he revealed that because Wu-Tang Clan means so much to him and to so many people in the world, how important it was for him to not screw up the writing of the story. },false) Young proudly says how he calls GZA his "unc" now and randomly texts him every now and then as he feels he needs to take advantage of having a man like GZA as a resource and to ask about life. hitType: 'event', “If you’re constantly in a setting that’s hostile and angry, and you feel like there’s only one outlet, it’s good to have that reminder, that light that says: ‘This isn’t the only way out.’”, The group’s success is testament to Shurrie’s influence, though this by no means suggests that the women surrounding Wu-Tang were merely emotional foils to their anger and violence; on the contrary, the toughness and machismo exhibited all too ostensibly by the group’s male members was imbued in the women too, who “knew how to handle themselves”, as Griggs puts it.