I’m sure at one point back in the late to mid nineties, everybody loved the WuTang Clan. They took rap to this level of hardcore that made you feel so gangsta, you just couldn’t resist. Shooting up this, shooting up that, shooting up everything was pretty much all they ever talked about really. Before the “Eminem’s” and “Fiddy’s” of this world made their introduction, you had nine guys on stage just shouting - and that was Wutang. Unfortunately, a lot of the members have been relegated new roles post commercial peak - I mean you had Redman selling deodorant, and practically everyone else in jail. Regardless, what I’m about to tell you next will probably shock your socks and shake your head: WuTang Clan has launched a social network to promote non-violence through chess - for a $48 fee of course.

Chess?! These guys are some of the scariest people on earth, and if they came round to your house the fish would probably stop swimming. Further research into the matter showed that a few of the members are actually well recognized chess players. Geeze. Anyways, WuChess has been launched to connect people who have a love of hip hop and chess in an attempt to keep said people off the streets and from killing each other. For a $48 fee (yikes), users can play chess online (even against the Wu!), and talk about their love of hip hop on message boards within the site.

It’s an interesting concept, though I don’t know how well the pricey user fee will go off with users. It’s probably paying someones rent within the group. They’re essentially taking the cultural aspect of street chess from New York City, and planting it on the internet - because in reality, people must be getting shot in drive by chess shootings right? The one thing I applaud, is the Wu’s attempt at creating a network that actually has a purpose and intellectual demeanor to it. In a time where all these five minute celebrities are launching pointless social networking sites that offer practically nothing, the Wu wants you to just stop the violence y’all, and move that bishop to the horse one that can only move in an L shape.

All I can conclude is that Gandhi would’ve done it first had he been alive.