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Walter Reed (born August 16 1970), better known as Killah Priest, is an United States|American rapping|rapper and affiliate of the hip hop culture|hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. He is known for intensely spiritual lyrics loaded with metaphors and religion|religious references. He is unofficially connected to the Black Hebrew Israelites (specifically the ICUPK) and the Five Percent Nation of Gods and Earths through his rhymes, and is known for controversial, highly Afrocentric subject matter. He is the defacto leader of supergroup The HRSMN along with: Canibus, Ras Kass, and Kurupt.
Biography
Early years
Born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville areas of Brooklyn, New York, Killah Priest became infatuated with hip hop music as a child. He was influenced by local rappers such as GZA (then known as the Genius) and Onyx (band)|Onyx's Sonsee, who would often play local parties. He soon began working on his own rhyming and eventually earned a considerable reputation around Brooklyn.
1990s
Priest first made himself known to the hip hop world rapping on two songs on the Gravediggaz album 6 Feet Deep in 1994 (1994), and followed this with appearances on two Wu-Tang Clan solo albums, Ol' Dirty Bastard's ''Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version'' and GZA's ''Liquid Swords'', both from 1995 (see 1995 in music). ''Liquid Swords'' in... read all