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Wu Tang Clan Co-Founder And Cultural Architect Oliver "Power" Grant Passes Away At 52
- This week, Oliver 'Power' Grant, executive producer and early backer, has died, an instrumental figure in Wu-Tang Clan's rise from Staten Island; no cause of death has been shared.
- Rooted in group mythology, he was childhood friends with RZA's older brother Divine and listed as an executive producer on classic Wu-Tang albums.
- Grant also worked as an actor with roles in Black and White and Belly, and he founded Wu-Wear, which had four U.S. stores and was sold in Macy's.
- With his role now gone, Grant's death removes a key organizer as he served as an early financial backer when RZA gathered Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, and his behind-the-scenes hustle was paramount.
- Peers responded with tributes including Method Man's Instagram message, and Wu-Wear's 2017 relaunch with Live Nation frames the brand's future after Grant's death.
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While the Clan members were working on the music, he was the man raking in millions with a clothing line and a video game.
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Oliver «Power» Grant died at the age of 52. The cause of death is not yet known.
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The Wu-Tang clan "would never have come about without power." On social media, the members of the hip-hop group now said goodbye to their co-founder Oliver "Power" Grant. The producer died at the age of 52.
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