Aliases
Ghostface Killah, like most members of the Wu-Tang clan, rapped under several personae, each with their own name, mythology and influences. Some recurring aliases:
- Ghostface Killah (occasionally spelled Ghostface Killer, Ghost Face Killah, or abbreviated GFK)
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- Ghostface
- His shortened stage name during The Pretty Toney Album era.
- Ghost Deini alternately Ghostdini
- Ironman, Tony Starks, or just Starks
- Ghostface has frequently assumed the names of both Ironman and Tony Starks, a reference to the Marvel Comics character Iron Man and his true identity, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (note the variant spellings). He released a 1996 album titled Ironman. His song, "Slept On Tony With Dirt," appears in the 2008 film, and he even appears in a deleted scene on the DVD.
- Starky Love
- Pretty Toney, P Tone
- The name "Pretty Toney" was taken from a character from the 1973 blaxploitation film "The Mack".
- The Wally Champ, The Wallabee Kingpin
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