Born and raised in Brooklyn, Killah Priest hooked up with Genius back in the days before Wu-Tang Clan was formed. Killah Priest was featured on albums by Gravediggaz and Ol' Dirty Bastard but still stayed in the shadows while the Clan blew up worldwide. Setting up his own crew, Sunz Of Man and working on rhymes, the light would soon be on Killah Priest.

Genius brought him to his label Geffen. After listening to Killah Priest kicking a freestyle they wanted to sign him. It was also Genius who really introduced Killah Priest to the Wu-Tang Clan fanbase by hosting Killah Priest's solo track "B.I.B.L.E." on the "Liquid Swords" album. He recieved even more recognition with his appearance in the Genius directed video "Shadowboxin'/4th Chamber".

In march 1998 Killah Priest's album "Heavy Mental" was released on Geffen. A unique album in many ways. With production by himself, 4th Disciple, True Master, Y-Kim, John The Baptist and The Arabian Knight, it was the first Wu-Tang Clan related album without any beats from The RZA. With spiritual lyrics and beats united by samples from old biblical movies, "Heavy Mental" was one of the deepest albums released in hiphop history so far.

The deepest point on "Heavy Mental" is the title track produced by Killah Priest himself. So deep that radiostations and television can't pick it up. Placed in the middle of the tracklist it sounds like a interlude, without a typicial hiphop beat, Killah Priest take-off on a lyrical voyage that no MC has done before him. From the albums beginning to end, Killah Priest displays his skills in both storytelling and battle rhyming. Like Genius, Killah Priest is one true lyricist with a tight production crew behind him.

Not destined for the charts, "Heavy Mental" was one of the strongest underground albums released in 1998. Despite appearances by fellow Wu MC's Inspectah Deck, Genius and Ol' Dirty Bastard it didn't recieve half of the recognition Wu-Tang albums usually gets. A couple of month after his solo release, Sunz Of Man dropped their album "The Last Shall Be First" and Killah Priest appears on a handful of tracks.