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Wu-Tang Clan to Flaunt Knicks Devotion With NBA Finals Halftime Show Performance

Octet will perform at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for the highly anticipated game

Wu-Tang Clan to Flaunt Knicks Devotion With NBA Finals Halftime Show Performance

RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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The Knicks have at least one guaranteed slam dunk for Game Four of the NBA Finals: The Wu-Tang Clan will perform at the game, a source tells Rolling Stone. Page Six was first to report the news. The game is set for Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Wu-Tang Clan are in the midst of their supposed farewell tour, Wu-Tang: The Final Chamber. The next North American leg of the trek is set to begin in August and conclude in Phoenix in October. The group is also set for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.


The Knicks are currently up two to one in their showdown with the San Antonio Spurs, which won Game Three. Game Four’s tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

Although the Wu-Tang Clan have based their operations out of Staten Island since 1992, they have never performed together at a Knicks game, though the group’s Method Man has performed solo. But the team and members of the Wu-Tang Clan have a deep history.

In 2019, the Knicks reportedly paid Method Man millions, according to Bleacher Report, to create a music video in which he wore a Knicks jersey with Kevin Durant’s old number, 35, on it in an effort to woo the forward away from the Golden State Warriors. It didn’t work, though, and Durant signed with the Brooklyn Nets.

All eight members of the Wu-Tang Clan last performed at Madison Square Garden in July. “The Wu have gotten in a good amount of road time over the past several years after a prolonged absence from Clan endeavors, but this might be their last collective saga,” Rolling Stone wrote in a review. “If that is the case, they went out in New York with a spectacular showcase worthy of their legacy.”

Cardi B performed at Game Three of the finals. Celebrities including Timothée Chalamet, Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, and Jay-Z have all been seen at the games, according to Page Six, as has New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump, who was roundly booed on Monday. Rest assured, any “oooo” sounds from the crowd on Wednesday will likely be “Wu.”

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