“Rest in Power, Power,” the hip-hop group posted Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — Oliver “Power” Grant, a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, has died, the New York City hip-hop group confirmed Wednesday. He was 52.
“Rest in Power, Power,” the group posted to social media platform X.
GZA, a founding member of the group, posted about Grant to Instagram on Tuesday, saying, “We couldn’t have done it without him. Wu wouldn’t have come to fruition without Power. His passing is a profound loss to us all. My deepest condolences to the fam.”
Deadline reported that Grant, who was executive producer of the group’s early recordings and headed the Wu Wear fashion line, died on Monday.
No further details were shared about Grant’s cause or manner of death.
Grant was born Nov. 3, 1973, in Jamaica and grew up in Staten Island, New York where he was childhood friends with the men who would later become the Wu-Tang Clan. He was not a performing member of the group.
Grant’s death comes as the Wu-Tang Clan got its first nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The Wu-Tang Clan have been hailed as rap innovators since their game-changing 1993 debut album “Enter the Wu-Tang.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.