‘Rest in power, Power’: Wu-Tang Clan collaborator Oliver ‘Power’ Grant dead at 52

Wu-Tang members pay tribute to Grant with GZA saying ‘His passing is a profound loss’ and Method Man posting ‘I am not okay’

Oliver “Power” Grant, a close affiliate and early backer of the hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan who had a hand in many of the group’s albums and business ventures, has died aged 52.

The death was confirmed by Wu-Tang Clan. “Rest in power, Power,” the collective wrote on social media. A cause of death was not revealed.

Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man shared his own tribute to his long-time collaborator. “Paradise my brother safe travels!” he said on Instagram. “I am not okay.”

Fellow Wu-Tang rappers GZA and Raekwon also paid tribute to Grant on social media. “Wu wouldn’t have come to fruition without Power,” GZA wrote on Instagram. “His passing is a profound loss to us all. My deepest condolences to the fam.”