As one of the original founders of the Clan (The Genius even had an album out on Cold Chillin’), this guy has never been known to require many weed carriers. In fact, songs like “Stay Out Of Bars” indicate that he was more inclined to sit with a drink and think. The late, great Ol’ Dirty Bastard held his stash once upon a time in exchange for the GZA teaching him how to rock mics (plus they were cousins).
Killah Priest put in some serious weed carrying work around the time that of the Genius’ Geffen debut, and was rewarded with his very own solo track on the CD version of Liquid Swords (aka “one of the most lyrically advanced rap albums ever made”). “B.I.B.L.E.” must have made quite an impact, as Killah was soon elevated to weed owner status with the release of Heavy Mental and the emergence of his own squad of weed holders by the name of Sunz of Man.
After losing such a great weed carrier, it seems that no one was ever able to fill Priest’s cheeba-stuffed shoes, which forced the Genius to stay at the crib more and more. This eventually led to him becoming so reclusive that by the time that the Wu started work on the Iron Flag album, GZA was emailing his verses to the studio, apparently unwilling to leave the smoke-filled confines of his apartment. Things have improved since that dark period, and although I can’t name his current stash holders, I hear that the Genius is out and about once again, getting lifted and shit and still owning his own trees
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