Records like Mic Tyson made him an underground icon.
Rest in power to Sean Price (fka Ruck of the Boot Camp Clik duo Heltah Skeltah), a Brownsville titan, who at 43 years of age passed away in his sleep earlier this month. Price was hilarious, completely unpretentious—he called himself “The Brokest Rapper You Know”—intimidatingly skilled (and steady improving over two decades of work), and totally genuine. His candor on the mic was legendary—whether it was his precisely measured vitriol or naked testimony to his deep heart. He was part of the legendary Brooklyn gang known as the Decepticons, an essential part of the borough’s quintessential Clik, and a testament to endurance—both through the fickle game of rap and just through life…