{"id":330190,"date":"2026-08-26T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330190\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:36:11","slug":"source-sports-the-shaolinstaten-island-ferryhawks-to-celebrate-the-wu-tang-clans-induction-into-the-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330190\/","title":{"rendered":"SOURCE SPORTS: The Shaolin(Staten Island) FerryHawks To Celebrate The Wu Tang Clan\u2019s Induction Into The Rock N\u2019 Roll Hall Of Fame This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Wu-Tang Clan told the world that they were coming from the slums of Shaolin more than three decades ago. This weekend, Staten Island\u2019s professional baseball team will once again make sure everyone knows exactly where Shaolin is.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Staten Island FerryHawks will temporarily transform into the \u201cShaolin Hawks\u201d on Saturday, Aug. 29, when they host the\u00a0York Revolution\u00a0for their annual \u201cSalute to Shaolin\u201d celebration at SIUH Community Park. This year\u2019s event carries considerably more weight, as the organization will honor hometown heroes\u00a0Wu-Tang Clan following their selection for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2026.<\/p>\n

The Rock Hall officially announced Wu-Tang as a first-ballot inductee in April. RZA, GZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna and the late Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard will enter the Hall in the Performer category. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before that happens, however, the celebration is coming home to Staten Island.<\/p>\n

For Saturday\u2019s game against York, the FerryHawks will once again embrace the borough\u2019s Hip Hop identity by taking the field as the\u00a0Shaolin Hawks, complete with their alternate Wu-inspired look. Exclusive Salute to Shaolin merchandise is also expected to be available at the ballpark.<\/p>\n

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One of the night\u2019s biggest collectibles will honor the Abbott himself.<\/p>\n

Fans can purchase a special\u00a0$25 RZA bobblehead ticket package, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the\u00a0Community Life Society. The celebration will conclude with a postgame fireworks show over New York Harbor.<\/p>\n

The connection between Wu-Tang and the FerryHawks is about more than putting a familiar \u201cW\u201d on baseball merchandise. Wu-Tang turned Staten Island into\u00a0Shaolin, creating a Hip Hop identity for a borough that had traditionally received considerably less attention than Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Their 1993 debut,\u00a0Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), helped shift Hip Hop\u2019s attention back toward New York while introducing a completely new mythology built around Staten Island streets, martial-arts films, Five Percent terminology and RZA\u2019s gritty production. The Rock Hall credits the Clan with redefining the possibilities of a Hip Hop group while creating a business model that allowed its members to pursue individual record deals without abandoning the collective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now Staten Island gets to salute its own.<\/p>\n

Baseball may provide the setting Saturday night, but this one is bigger than balls and strikes. It\u2019s a celebration of a group that took an overlooked New York City borough, renamed it\u00a0Shaolin\u00a0and made that name recognizable around the world.<\/p>\n

For one night, the FerryHawks won\u2019t simply be representing Staten Island.<\/p>\n

The Shaolin Hawks will be representing the Wu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wu-Tang Clan told the world that they were coming from the slums of Shaolin more than three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,124295,134,109985,136,135,40669],"class_list":["post-330190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-ferryhawks","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-wu-tang-clan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}