Brooklyn rapper Sean Price, 43, found dead in his apartment of unknown causes. Brooklyn rapper Sean Price died in his sleep Saturday. <br /> <br />The 43-year-old hip-hop artist was a member of the rap supergroups Boot Camp Clik and Random Axe. <br /> <br />Price got his start in the music world as part of the group Heltah Skeltah before rising in the underground hip hop community as a noted solo act. <br /> <br />"Sean Price" "Sean Price Dies" "Sean Price dead" "Sean Price Death" <br /> <br />There was no immediate known cause of death. <br /> <br />“It is with beyond a heavy heart that Duck Down Music is sadly confirming that Sean Price passed away early this morning in his Brooklyn apartment,” said a statement from his representatives. “Sean’s family and friends are asking for time to grieve and process the news. Further details will be issued when more information is available.” <br /> <br />As a solo artist, Price released “Monkey Barz” in 2005 and “Jesus Price Supastar” in 2007. <br /> <br />The lifelong Brownsville resident was featured in the video game “NBA 2K11” as a playable character in street mode. <br /> <br />Price’s latest album, “Mic Tyson,” was released in 2012 and he was working on a mixtape, “Songs in the Key of Price” slated to be released by Duck Down Music on Aug. 21. <br /> <br />“I’m going fishing Sunday at Sheepshead Bay I did it last week it was relaxing,” he wrote on Twitter a day before his death. <br /> <br />The MC’s fellow lyricists took to social media to mourn the loss of the influential star. <br /> <br />“Hip hop has lost another great. RIP Sean P! #RealOne,” The Roots’ Black Thought tweeted. <br /> <br />Others commended Price’s tenacious spirit. <br /> <br />“RIP to @SeanPrice one of the illest to ever do it. 1/2 of Heltah Skeltah aka Ruck. He was always a good brother to us and down to build,” the Bronx-based rap group Rebel Diaz wrote.
