WU TANG CLAN - RZA: 'RAPPERS COULD LEARN FROM HARRISON'S SON'

WU-TANG CLAN star RZA has urged his mercenary hip-hop peers to follow the example set by GEORGE HARRISON's son DHANI - and give up their entourages and greedy ways. The rapper was amazed when Harrison turned up alone at his studio to work on a new collaboration, after having paid for his own airfare, and insists his own bandmates could learn a lot from such humble musicians. RZA, real name Robert Diggs, admits the recording process with young Harrison on a new song, The Heart Gently Weeps, inspired by his father's classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps was a delight - with none of the drama he's accustomed to when working with his fellow rappers. RZA says, "Dhani paid for his own ticket from London, put himself in a hotel and stayed two days in the middle of doing his own project. "Dhani is super-professional. Sometimes, to get (bandmates) Ghostface (Killah) or U-God in the studio, I've got to send a car for them - sometimes I have to send them money!" The Wu-Tang Clan frontman believes the hip-hop world could learn from Harrison by concentrating on music instead of money. He adds, "I try to explain that to the hip-hop people, because sometimes we all stuck on this money s**t, but if you do music first, money is going to come." The new Harrison/RZA collaboration can be heard on the new Wu-Tang Clan album 8 Diagrams, which also features guest spots from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante and Erykah Badu.