RZA, Raekwon The Chef and Cappadonna celebrated everything Wu-Tang Clan and everything hip-hop during Thursday night’s (Sept. 4) R&B Hip-Hop Power Players event in Brooklyn.

After being introduced by Billboard CEO Mike Van, RZA, Raekwon and Cappadonna took the stage at Williamsburg’s Unveiled to accept the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame Award. During their speech, RZA noted that rap’s hall of famers are most often the people who work behind the scenes. (Check out the full speech above.)

“When you think about hall of fame, you thinkin’ about it being full of people with fame, famous people,” RZA said. “But there are so many other people who are not famous that helps build our culture. Helps build the career of the artist. Whether it’s a Steve Rifkind, Lyor Cohen or Wendy Goldstein, or a Dante Ross…

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