Raekwon and Ghostface attended junior high school together. Ghostface grew up in the Stapleton Houses housing project in Staten Island, New York City helping with daily care of two younger brothers who had muscular dystrophy. In 2006, MTV included him as an "honourable mention" on their list of the "Greatest MCs of All Time", while the editors of 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 has stated that "Ghostface has unparalleled storytelling instincts he might be the best, most colorful storyteller rap has ever seen." NPR has called him "a compulsive storyteller", and asserts that "his fiction is painterly."
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Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. He is the founder of his own record label, Starks Enterprises. His stage name was taken from one of the characters in the 1979 kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing. He has enjoyed continued success in the years that have followed, releasing critically acclaimed albums such as Supreme Clientele (2000) and Fishscale (2006). Ghostface Killah debuted his solo career with Ironman, which was well received by music critics, in 1996. 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.
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He is the lead member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and songwriter.