Born: March 15, 1989
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, NY
Died: August
8, 2015
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Sean Duval Price was a rapper and underground hip-hop
collective Boot Camp Clik member. He was one half of the duo Heltah Skeltah,
performing under the name Ruck, along with partner Rock.
Price was also a member of the Decepticons in
high school.
As a member of Boot Camp Clik, Price first
appeared on Smif-N-Wessun's 1995 album Dah Shinin'.
In 1996, he became known as one-half of the
critically acclaimed Brooklyn duo Heltah Skeltah, who released their debut
album Nocturnal on Duck Down Records that year.
Heltah Skeltah would release two more albums:
1998's Magnum Force and 2008's D.I.R.T.
In the 2000s, Price established himself as a
strong force in the underground hip-hop community.
He was featured on Grand Theft Auto 3's GAME
FM radio station in 2001. In 2005, Price released his first solo album Monkey
Barz, to critical acclaim.
He followed this in 2007 with Jesus Price
Supastar and Mic Tyson in 2012.
In 2011, Price was a judge on the Ultimate MC
TV show alongside Royce da 5'9", Organik, Planet Asia, and Pharoahe Monch.
Also in 2011, he formed the group Random Axe
with Guilty Simpson and producer Black Milk.
He had a planned collaborative album with
rapper Ill Bill in the works called The Pill.
Songs in the Key of Price, a mixtape recorded
before Price's death, was released posthumously on August 21, 2015.
The posthumous release of his fourth studio
album, Imperius Rex, followed in August 2017.
On August 8, 2015, Price died at the age of
43. Details were not immediately available, but a statement from his reps
confirmed his death while adding that he died in his sleep.