{"id":318660,"date":"2026-02-26T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/318660\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:28:09","slug":"rest-in-power-power-wu-tang-clan-co-founder-oliver-power-grant-dies-aged-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/318660\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rest in Power, Power\u2019: Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Oliver \u2018Power\u2019 Grant dies aged 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n 26\/02\/2026 – 11:48 GMT+1\n <\/p>\n

Wu-Tang Clan founding member Oliver \u2018Power\u2019 Grant has died aged 52. <\/p>\n

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The producer, actor and fashion mogul\u2019s death was confirmed on Wu-Tang Clan\u2019s official social media channels last night. <\/p>\n

“Rest in Power, Power,” the American hip-hop collective posted online. <\/p>\n

A cause of death has not yet been disclosed. <\/p>\n

Born in 1973 in Jamaica and raised in New York\u2019s Staten Island, Grant grew up in the Park Hill Projects, where he met the future members of Wu-Tang Clan – RZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and Cappadonna. They gave him the nickname \u201cPower\u201d over a game of chess. <\/p>\n

While not a performing member of the group, Grant raised funds for Wu-Tang Clan and executive produced the group\u2019s early recordings \u2013 including their seminal debut album, 1993\u2019s \u2018Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)\u2019, which is widely considered as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time<\/a>. He also oversaw their successful fashion line, Wu Wear, which launched in 1995 and was renamed Wu-Tang Brand in 2008. <\/p>\n

Wu-Tang Clan members have posted tributes to their fallen brother. <\/p>\n

Method Man posted a tribute, stating: \u201cParadise my brother safe travels! I am not OK.\u201d GZA wrote: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t have done it without him. Wu wouldn\u2019t have come to fruition without Power. His passing is a profound loss to us all. My deepest condolences to the fam.\u201d <\/p>\n

Raekwon said: \u201cPOWER we been everywhere \u2026. now you everywhere ! The most high is merciful love you.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ghostface Killah shared a series of broken-heart emojis with a \u201cPower\u201d logo with a halo.<\/p>\n

The news of Grant\u2019s death follows the announcement that Wu-Tang Clan have been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 26\/02\/2026 – 11:48 GMT+1 Wu-Tang Clan founding member Oliver \u2018Power\u2019 Grant has died aged 52. ADVERTISEMENT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,338,61,60,278,3208,115,98792],"class_list":["post-318660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-obituary","tag-united-states","tag-wu-tang-clan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}