As founder and CEO of Wu Tang Management, Mook was highly instrumental in transforming the then unpolished but immensely talented nine-man crew into what many now consider to be the greatest rap group of all time.  Born in New York’s largest and most dangerous borough, Brooklyn, served as the rearing site for music executive that as a young man excelled as a promising point guard at York College in New York City and Lamar Junior College located in Colorado before eventually playing Pro-Am basketball.  While Mook flourished as a basketball standout in college and at the Pro-Am level, the amazing thing is that he never played a single game of high school basketball.  Now for anyone else this would be an amazing feat, but for Mook who often makes amazing seem regular, it’s just another notch on his already vast list of accomplishments.  In a career that spans more than two decades, Mook has been successful at virtually every aspect of the entertainment business, from being a prominent concert/party promoter, single handedly selling 50,000 units of the Wu Tang’s first cd prior to the group signing their first major recording contract, to co-authoring a best selling book entitled “How to a make it in the music business”.  Additionally, Mook has served in the capacity of Road Manager, Bodyguard, and publicist for the famed nine-man all-star rap group.  An executive of the highest kind, Mook is the quintessential example of the perfect manager.  For his masterful management of nine of the most unforgettable personalities to ever rock the “mic” is the true definition of managerial greatness.

Having guided the Wu Tang Clan to uncharted levels of global dominance through music, television, film, books, apparel, endorsements and record setting concert tours is the remarkable legacy of a man who when compared to his music industry contemporaries towers as a giant amongst men.  Noting that the key to his longevity and prosperity is due to his steadfast commitment to at all times keep it one hundred percent real is and always will be Mook’s recipe for success.  Never one to sit idle, Mook is busy launching his latest venture, a national talent contest called The Next 9 Generals, to find the flyest, most entertaining and lyrically gifted mc’s of generation next.  Although there will never be another Wu Tang Clan as long as John ‘Mook’ Gibbons is a live, the “W” flag will signal the standard for hip-hop excellence.