In 1992, Price made his first record appearance by contributing to an EP by Icelandic group Ajax Project that included the track Ruffige.
He went on to execute some design and A&R work for 4hero's Reinforced Records label. Career Music īy 1991, Price had become fascinated by the British breakbeat music scene when his girlfriend, DJ Kemistry, introduced him to the pioneering jungle and drum and bass producers Dennis "Dego" McFarlane and Mark "Marc Mac" Clair, known as 4hero. His nickname stems from "Goldielocks", an earlier nickname given to him during his Bboys days and subsequently shortened when he no longer wore dreadlocks. He moved to the United States owing to graffiti projects, and also started selling grills (gold teeth jewellery) in New York and Miami he continued this business after his return to the UK in 1988. He is mentioned for his graffiti in the book Spraycan Art by Henry Chalfant and James Prigoff, which contains several examples of his art. His artwork around Birmingham and Wolverhampton was featured heavily in Dick Fontaine's documentary Bombin '. He later joined a breakdance crew called the Birmingham Bboys, and made his name as a graffiti artist in the West Midlands. Price was a member of the breakdance crew Westside, based in the Whitmore Reans and Heath Town areas of Wolverhampton, in the 1980s. According to his 2002 autobiography, he was physically and sexually abused during this time. He was put up for adoption and raised in childcare homes and by several foster parents. Born in Walsall, England, Price is of Jamaican and Scottish heritage.
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