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Ghostface Killah
real name Dennis David Coles
Staten Island, United States · b. 1970-05-09
Ghostface Killah is credited on 1,063 releases across 329 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,063
Credits
329
Albums
4
Decades active
1,345
In collections
Biography
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Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career with Ironman in 1996, which was well received by music critics. He has continued his success over the following years with critically acclaimed albums such as Supreme Clientele (2000) and Fishscale (2006). His stage name was taken from one of the characters in the 1979 kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing. He is the founder of his own label Starks Enterprises.
Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. In 2006, MTV included him on their honorable mention list of The Greatest MCs of All Time,while the editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), calling him "one of the most imaginative storytellers of our time."] Q magazine called him "rap's finest storyteller." Pitchfork Media stated that, "Ghostface has unparalleled storytelling instincts; he might be the best, most colorful storyteller rap has ever seen."NPR called him "a compulsive storyteller", and asserted, "His fiction is painterly."
Founder of Starks Enterprises.
Father of Dennis Ames (Sun God)
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,063 releases · 329 albums · active 1993–2026
- Performance · 1,583
- Production · 51
- Other credits · 26
- Engineering · 5
Studios: Instrument Zoo · 36 Chambers Studio · Dapking Studios · Chung King Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1993

Back To Black
2006

Donuts
2006

Liquid Swords
1995

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2022

Black On Both Sides
1999

Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
1995

The Mouse And The Mask
2005

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
1995

The Infamous
1995

Supreme Clientele
2000

Fishscale
2006

The Grind Date
2004

The W
2000

Blackout!
1999

Czarface Meets Ghostface
2019

RZA As Bobby Digital In Stereo
1998

Flume
2012

Czarface
2013

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
2009

As Cruel As School Children
2006

The Pretty Toney Album
2004

Soul Survivor
1998

Infinite
2025
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