Days after Wu-Tang Clan announced the passing of co-founder Oliver “Power” Grant, the cause of death was announced. The news coincided with the hip hop group’s nomination to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was 52.
Although Grant wasn’t a performer, he was served as executive producer on their first album, Enter the Wu-Tang and also helped fund the group in the early days.
What Did Oliver ‘Power’ Grant’ Die From?
Grant died following “a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer,” his family and Wu-Tang Clan said in a joint statement to Rolling Stone.
What Should I Know about Pancreatic Cancer?
There were approximately 67,440 diagnoses of pancreatic cancer last year. The five-year survival rate is 13.3 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Risk factors include smoking, which causes about 25 percent of all cases of pancreatic cancer. Other risks include being overweight, having diabetes, or pancreatitis, which is inflammation of the pancreas.
This cancer type disproportionately affects Black people, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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