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Also known as Clifford Smith, Clifford M. Smith Jr., Johnny Blaze, Ticallion Stallion
American rapper and actor (born 1971)
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Method Man, born Clifford Smith on March 2, 1971, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan and has worked with Redman as part of the duo Method Man & Redman. His musical output includes the albums *Blackout!* and *Method Man*. He is signed to Def Jam Recordings and performs in the East Coast hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop, and gangsta rap genres.
Smith began his professional career in 1992. He is associated with the pseudonyms MethodMan, Johnny Blaze, Mr. Meth, and Meth-Tical. While Wikidata lists his birthplace as Hempstead, TMDb identifies it as Staten Island, New York City. He speaks English and has an official website at method-man.com.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Blackout!
- Method Man
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Film & TV
Acting · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York), better known by his stage name Method Man or Meth is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman along with fellow rapper Redman. He…
Known for
- Relationship Goals — Jarrett Roy2026
- Shadow Force — Unc2025
- Trouble Man — Money2025
- Bad Shabbos — Jordan2025
- Poetic License — James Cassidy2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- The 4:30 Movie — Cookie2024
- How Music Got Free — Self2024
- Mother & Gun2024
- Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys — Self (archival footage)2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1971
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,113,591
- Total plays
- 15,761,537
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Clifford Smith Jr. (born March 2, 1971), known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and one half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. Method Man released his debut solo album, "Tical," in 1994. The album reached number four on the Billboard 200 and produced the hit single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" featuring Mary J. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/M
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,696x
- Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
· 2020 · cited 11,579x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Johnny Blaze Tical Methical Ticallion Stallion Iron Lung Meth Mr. M.e.f. Hott Nikkels Shakwon the Panty Raider Shotgun
- Born
- Clifford Smith Jr. , ( 1971-03-02 ) March 2, 1971 (age 55) , Hempstead, New York , U.S.
- Origin
- Staten Island , New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop
- Occupations
- Rapper songwriter record producer actor
- Works
- Method Man discography
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Labels
- Def Jam Island Def Jam Tommy Boy RBC Wu-Tang Productions
- Member of
- Wu-Tang Clan Method Man & Redman
- Spouse
- Tamika Smith ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Method Man & Redman
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hempstead
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Def Jam Recordings
- Official website
- method-man.com
- Image
- Method Man at Shattuck Down Low.jpg
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- Commons category
- Method Man
- date of birth
- 1971-03-02
- member of
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Commons gallery
- Method Man
- birth name
- Clifford Smith
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- pseudonym
- MethodMan / Johnny Blaze / Mr. Meth / Meth-Tical
- name
- Клиффорд Смит
- social media followers
- 786088
- partner in business or sport
- Redman
- writing language
- English language
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Available in 41 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
- Central Kurdish
- Croatian
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