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Prince Po

American rapper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3403341
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Lawrence Baskerville (born August 12, 1969), better known by his stage name Prince Po, is an American rapper and record producer from Queens, New York City, New York. He is a founder of Ice Bearz Movement.

Early life

Prince Po was born Lawrence Baskerville in 1969. He is originally from Queens, New York City, New York.

Career

Prince Po has formed Organized Konfusion with Pharoahe Monch. In the 1990s, the duo released three studio albums: Organized Konfusion (1991), Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994), and The Equinox (1997). In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, The Slickness, on Lex Records. The follow-up solo studio album, Prettyblack, was released in 2006. In 2007, he released a collaborative album with TomC3, titled Saga of the Simian Samurai. In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Oh No, titled Animal Serum.

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The public source identifies “Prince Po” as american rapper. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Prince, American and rapper.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1991, 1994, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-08-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Prince, American and rapper providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3403341. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1991, 1994 and 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from Prince Po” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.