Gary Grice (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage names
GZA ( ) and
The Genius, while the editors of About.com ranked him #17 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), making him the highest-ranking Wu-Tang Clan member on the list (ahead of Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon).
An analysis of GZA lyrics found that he has the second largest vocabulary in hip hop music, just behind Aesop Rock.