Ben Nadeff-Haffrey

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1,009 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Aug

Ben Nadeff-Haffrey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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GZA on Geffen, gold.

Six hit albums in three years.

Wu-Tang Clan ran the industry.

These guys who had so much working against them went to Shaolin, came back on their own terms, and toppled the oppressor.

This is the fantasy of secession.

You break away, you come back with a crew of guys from Staten Island, and you dominate.

That's what Wu-Tang did.

That's what the Staten Island secessionists dreamed of doing.

It's the zeitgeist, the key to all mythologies.

Some force in the early 90s of New York City was shouting, secede, secede.

Oh, and by the way, the vote on secession, it happened seven days before the Wu-Tang Clan put out their album.

And that vote was going to leave an even bigger mark on our world today.

That's coming up on the last episode of the Staten Island Problem.

What are we standing on top of right now?

The Staten Island Problem is written and produced by me, Ben Natafafri, with Lucy Sullivan and Nina Byrd-Lawrence.

Our editor is Karen Shikurji.

Our executive producer is Jacob Smith.

Fact-checking by Sam Rusick.

Sound design and mastering by Jake Gorski.

Original music by Stellwagen Symphonette, Luis Guerra, Jake Gorski.

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