Clifford Smith Jr. (born March 2, 1971), known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip-hop duo Method Man & Redman. His debut solo album, Tical (1994), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" (featuring Mary J. Blige), which won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. The song also peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100; he and Blige later starred in Power Book II: Ghost, a spin-off of Power.
Method Man has appeared in films such as 187 (1997), Belly (1998), How High (2001), Garden State (2004), The Wackness (2008), Venom (2005), Red Tails (2012), Keanu (2016), The Cobbler (2014), and Bad Shabbos (2024). He and Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox television sitcom Method & Red. He has also had recurring roles in three HBO series, as Tug Daniels in Oz, Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff in The Wire, and Rodney in The Deuce. Method Man also appeared in the TBS comedy series The Last O.G..
His stage name is a tribute to the 1979 martial arts film Method Man.
Read more...The March 2, 1971 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 60 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 02 March 1971
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Manhattan Criminal Ct judge dismisses charge of harassment against Soviet newsman E Baskakov, charged with striking A Muallem during Dec 29 demonstration at Tass offices
Date: 03 March 1971
Journalists Union informs newspaper and magazine eds that it will blacklist all but 70 of union's 170 freelance writers; freelance sec increased in last 2 yrs as liberal newsmen were ousted from regular jobs
Date: 03 March 1971
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Lt Gen J W Sutherland Jr says 4 photographers (L Burrows, H Huet, K Potter and K Shimamoto) on Vietnamese helicopter that crashed in Laos Feb 10 'must now be presumed dead'; aerial search has produced no evidence that anyone survived crash; biogs and pors of photographers
Date: 02 March 1971
By CRAIG R. WHITNEYSpecial to The New York Times
Craig WHITNEYSpecial
S Vietnamese officers directing S Vietnamese drive in Cambodia appear to be in state of confusion and uncertainty without leadership of Do Cao Tri; Saigon command repts S Vietnamese troops have killed 2,100 enemy in Cambodia since Feb 4; says 250 S Vietnamese have been killed, 1,400 wounded; S Vietnamese momentum has dissipated in recent days; some Amer advisers hold Do Cao Tri's fondness for publicity led him and Sully to their deaths in helicopter crash; no one has been able to determine much about S Vietnamese operations in Cambodia since Do Cao Tri's death
Date: 03 March 1971
By FRANCIS X. CLINESSpecial to The New York Times
Francis CLINESSpecial
Rockefeller disputes proposal that most additional state aid being considered for parochial schools would go to impoverished inner-city areas, news conf; favors current proposal in Legis for salary aid to parochial school teachers of secular subjects; RC official dismisses salary aid proposal as pol gimmick; illus
Date: 02 March 1971
Wins NY Press Photographers Assn award
Date: 03 March 1971
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martial law authorities take over civilian rule in provs and impose curfew, Dacca, in wake of looting and arson during gen strike; 1 person reptd killed and 7 wounded during protest
Date: 03 March 1971
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Washington Post silent on charges by Trud
Date: 02 March 1971
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auto plants shut by 1-day strike of over 1-million indus workers to protest Govt's proposed bill to reform labor-mgt relations
Date: 03 March 1971
By JOHN M. LEESpecial to The New York Times
Brit Treas repts gold and foreign exch reserves rose $192-million in Feb to more than $3.1-billion; huge inflow linked to high interest rates; pound sterling remained unchanged in foreign mkts at $2.4187; graph