“Rest in Power, Power,” the hip-hop group posted Wednesday.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 Oliver “Power” Grant, a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, has died, the New York City hip-hop group confirmed Wednesday. He was 52.<\/p>\n
“Rest in Power, Power,” the group posted<\/a> to social media platform X.<\/p>\n GZA, a founding member of the group, posted about Grant to Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday, saying, “We 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.”<\/p>\n Deadline\u00a0<\/a>reported that Grant, who was executive producer of the group\u2019s early recordings and headed the Wu Wear fashion line, died on Monday.<\/p>\n No further details were shared about Grant’s cause or manner of death.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Grant’s death comes as the Wu-Tang Clan got its first nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> on Wednesday. The Wu-Tang Clan have been hailed as rap innovators since their game-changing 1993 debut album \u201cEnter the Wu-Tang.\u201d<\/p>\n The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n