Beginning with a 2011 mixtape blending the rhymes of Wu-Tang Clan with the sounds of classic Jazz, DC's Shaolin Jazz has developed into an arts and culture collective devoted to the intersection between hip hop, jazz, and martial arts. The group, founded by Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones, hosts martial arts film series with live-mixed hip hop soundtracks, gallery shows of visual arts, and continues to release one-of-a-kind mixtapes on digital, CD and vinyl.
