| Adopted the alias Rzarector in the mid-'90s when he joined the "horrorcore" group Gravediggaz with fellow rappers Prince Paul, Poetic and Frukwan. |
| Released his first solo EP, Ooh We Love You Rakeem, in 1991 under the name of Prince Rakeem. |
| Assumed another alias, Bobby Digital, for his first full-length solo LP, Bobby Digital in Stereo, which was released in 1998. He went on to put out two more albums as Bobby Digital, Digital |
| Joined the seminal rap group Wu-Tang Clan, which released the platinum album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993. RZA produced the record and exerted much control over the group's mark |
| Began composing music for movies with 1999's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. He also gained critical acclaim for his work on Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. |
| Formed his first group, All in Together Now, in the early '90s with future Wu-Tang Clan members the Genius (aka the GZA) and Ol' Dirty Bastard. |