Gangster Rap Appreciation Day (or G-RAD, pronounced jee rad) was created in 1995 by former members of the Wu Tang Clan following their arrest for assassinating president George Clinton. While many critics claimed that the Wu Tang Clan's involvement in gangster rap had lead to their violent actions, the Clan felt that gangster rap had actually softened their approach to life, as evidenced by their only killing the president, and not the entire Congress (as had originally been planned).