"We knew that if a brother got a deal for 150k, he could keep the majority of it, but it also would facilitate and help the other brothers. It was part of our core and movement for us to spread the money around and help brothers eat, without a project out. It was like we were trust fund babies."
"Everything that we learned was hard knock life, you figure it out as you go along, and take cues from those that are actively doing things. I wasn't a rapper, but the thrill of being a part of going and where they went, it was the inspiration for how it ended up that lead us all to going back, soaking up what we'd absorbed and coming back with 'Protect Ya Neck.'"
"We couldn't have done it without him. Wu wouldn't have come to fruition without Power. His passing is a profound loss to us all."
Oliver 'Power' Grant, a close Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and childhood friend of RZA's older brother, passed away at age 52. Grant served as a crucial non-performing member who managed the group's business operations, including raising capital for early recordings and structuring complex financial arrangements across numerous group and solo projects. He pioneered a financial model allowing individual members to retain majority earnings from their deals while contributing to a collective fund supporting other members. Grant also oversaw the Wu Wear fashion line, which became enormously popular. Wu-Tang members including Method Man and GZA acknowledged his essential role in the group's success and commercial ascent during hip-hop's rise in the 1990s.
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