Sean Price

We take a look back at the career of Decepticon Sean from Heltah Skeltah to his solo career and beyond.

There’s a permanent void in the Hip-Hop game due to the untimely passing of Sean Price. But fans get a small piece of joy with the release of P’s first proper posthumous album, Imperius Rex. 

As rap fans, it’s difficult to wrap our minds around the untimely death of any artist. Especially a MC as beloved as the late Sean Price, a revered lyricist during his Boot Camp Clik days, co-pilot of the Heltah Skeltah tandem, and a wordsmith later championed during a solo run in the 2000s (which produced classics like Monkey Barz). […]

Chris Brown ushers in the weekend by releasing a new song titled “Sex You Back To Sleep,” the second single from his upcoming album Royalty.

Talking heads have championed Mac Miller’s new LP, GO:OD AM, but all of the heat he created during the album sessions didn’t land on the 17-song tracklist.

Sean Price’s untimely death prompted the Duck Down Records legend to be mourned by countless members of the Hip-Hop community. It also made every one of his recordings following August 8 worth cherishing.

Life is too short and Boot Camp Clik legend Sean Price reminded us all of that little tidbit when he passed away on August 7 at the age of 43.

Sean Price was laid to rest in Brooklyn yesterday, August 11. And unfortunately for the family, his Hip-Hop homegoing didn’t go down without incident.

The Hip-Hop world is still reeling in the wake of the sudden passing of Sean Price this past weekend. The founding member of Heltah Skeltah and unbelievably gifted MC died in his sleep in his Brooklyn home at the age of 43.

**Update** Duck Duck Records releases a statement:

Few feelings compare to hearing a quality story. Black Milk, a high class storyteller in his own right, tells an intricate street tale on the latest If There’s A Hell Below release, “Scum.”

We’re not sure if Sean Price ever truly had any effs to give. And it shows in his bars on tracks like “N***erific.”