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{{Short description|American rapper (born 1970)}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Killah Priest | image = Killah Priest.jpg | caption = Killah Priest performing in 2007 | background = solo_singer | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|8|16}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], U.S. | birth_name = Walter Reed<ref name=larkin /><ref name=bio /> | alias = {{hlist|Priest|Iron Sheik from the Middle East|8 Deer Ocelot Claw|Masada|Lord Messiah}} | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[alternative hip hop]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|record producer|actor|podcaster}} | years_active = 1993–present | label = {{hlist|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|Legion of D.O.O.M.}} | current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Black Market Militia]]|[[The Hrsmn]]|[[Sunz of Man]]|[[Hell Razah|Thug Vaticans]]}} | website = }} '''Walter Reed''' (born August 16, 1970),<ref name=larkin>{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2006|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|page=591|edition=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA591|isbn=9780857125958}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Killah Priest''', is an American rapper, a member of Sunz of Man, and a [[List of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates|Wu-Tang Clan affiliate]] who was born and raised in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=larkin /><ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Killah Priest Biography|url=http://www.wutang-corp.com/artists/wu-artist.php?id=60|website=Wu Tang Corp|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-date=18 February 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218024503/http://www.wutang-corp.com/artists/wu-artist.php?id=60|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=metroactive>{{cite web|author1=Nick Veronin|title= Priest of Wu-Tang Brings New Book, 'The Psychic World of Walter Reed,' to Back Bar SoFA|url=http://activate.metroactive.com/2014/09/killah-priest-of-wu-tang-brings-new-book-the-psychic-world-of-walter-reed-to-back-bar-sofa/|website=metroactive|access-date=5 October 2014|date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> He is known for his intensely spiritual lyrics, containing [[Religion|religious]] references and metaphors. He is connected to the [[Black Hebrew Israelites]] through his rhymes, and is known for his controversial and [[political]] subject matter. He is also a part of [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[the HRSMN]] along with [[Canibus]], [[Ras Kass]], and [[Kurupt]].
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