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Rapper Sean Price dead at 43

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Aug 8, 2015

Brooklyn rapper Sean Price died Saturday. He was 43.

"The cause of death is currently unknown but it was reported he died in his sleep," a statement from record label Duck Down Music to Huffington Post said. "He's survived by his wife, and his three children."

Price was working on a mixtape set to be released Aug. 21, according to Rolling Stone.

Price started rapping under the pseudonym Ruck in the group Heltah Skeltah with fellow Broolyn rapper Rock,

. The duo also were members of the rap collective Boot Camp Clik.

The hip-hop community quickly took to social media expressing condolences and sharing memories of the rapper.

“Sean’s family and friends are asking for time to grieve and process the news,” a representative for Price said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Further details will be issued when more information is available.”

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