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.^[1]

Early life

Prince Po was born Lawrence Baskerville^[2] in 1969.^[3] He is originally from Queens, New York City, New York.^[3]

Career

Prince Po has formed Organized Konfusion with Pharoahe Monch.^[4] In the 1990s, the duo released three studio albums: Organized Konfusion (1991), Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994), and The Equinox (1997).^[4] In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, The Slickness, on Lex Records.^[5] The follow-up solo studio album, Prettyblack, was released in 2006.^[3] In 2007, he released a collaborative album with TomC3, titled Saga of the Simian Samurai.^[6] In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Oh No, titled Animal Serum.^[7][8]

Discography

Studio albums

• The Slickness (2004)
• Prettyblack (2006)
• Saga of the Simian Samurai (2007) (with TomC3)
• Animal Serum (2014) (with Oh No)

EPs

• X Files (2009)

Singles

• "Where Ya Shoes At?" / "Shine" (1998)
• "Hold Dat" (2004)
• "Bump Bump" (2004)
• "Holla" / "Mecheti Lightspeed" (2006)
• "I Got a Right to Know" (2006)

Guest appearances

• O.C. - "No Main Topic" from Word...Life (1994)
• O.C. - "War Games" from Jewelz (1997)
• DJ Spooky - "Rekonstruction" from Riddim Warfare (1998)
• Pharoahe Monch - "God Send" from Internal Affairs (1999)
• Cella Dwellas - "Ill Collabo" from The Last Shall Be First (2000)
• El Da Sensei - "Frontline" from Relax Relate Release (2002)
• The Planets - "Trees" and "Trees (Remix)" from The Epic (2003)
• Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Copy Cats" from Ghetto Pop Life (2003)
• R.A. the Rugged Man - "Tha Hardway" from American Lowlife (2004)
• Mars Ill - "Glam Rap" from Pro*Pain (2006)
• Kool Keith & TomC3 - "Mechanical Mechanix" from Project Polaroid (2006)
• Casbah 73 - "Welcome to the Casbah" from Pushin' 40 (2007)
• Unified School District - "Know Time Left" from Brokedown Palace (2007)
• Wildchild - "Puppetmasters" from Jack of All Trades (2007)
• Percee P - "Last of the Greats" from Perseverance (2007)
• Paulie Rhyme - "Dusk till Dawn" (2008)
• Oddisee - "Get Up" from Mental Liberation (2009)
• Apollo Brown - "Ghetto Soul Music" from The Reset (2010)
• No Pretense - "Elevation" from Music & Mouthwords (2010)
• KVBeats - "She Gave Me the World" from The Resume (2010)
• 2Mex - "What You Know About" from My Fanbase Will Destroy You (2010)
• Blee - "Posses" from Cosmos Road (2010)
• Sonnyjim - "You Aint Ready" from The Psychonaut (2011)
• DJ Doom - "Classic Hip-Hop" from Temple of Doom (2011)
• Beneficence - "With My Real People" from Sidewalk Science (2011)
• Quakers - "Rock My Soul" from Quakers (2012)
• Gensu Dean - "Heavy" from Lo-Fi Fingahz (2012)
• Kid Tsu - "Get It" from The Chase (2013)
• First Division - "The C.D.C. (Cypher for Disease Control)" from Overworked & Underpaid (2015)
• The Mighty Rhino - "Resplendent" from We Will No Longer Retreat into Darkness (2018)
• The Mighty Rhino - "Fuckouttahere" from A Joy Which Nothing Can Erase (2019)
• DJ Cosm - "Rules" (also featuring El Da Sensei and Sadat X) (2020)