Tragic news surfaced on social media today as A-Trak announced that the co-founder of Fool’s Gold Records, Dust La Rock, born Joshua Prince, died today at the age of 38.
Dust La Rock was a New York-based designer and artist who was best known for co-founding Fool’s Gold Records alongside A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. From 2007 through 2012, Prince served as the creative director for the record label and created a wide range of notorious album artwork for artists like Duck Sauce, Danny Brown and Action Bronson, along with the logo for the company itself.
A-Trak took to social media to announce the tragic news to his fans:
RIP Dust La Rock. My ace. Lost a brother today.
— RIP Duster (@atrak) February 3, 2015
Other artists tweeted out their condolences as well:
RIP Dust La Rock … You inspired me so much!!! .. So shocked at this news .. Can’t fucking believe this!!!! — Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) February 3, 2015
RIP Dust La Rock. Great Guy, Great Artist. Smh.
— #BRON2ON (@ActionBronson) February 3, 2015
So fucking sad. You were a genius Dust. http://t.co/sWQyjUqCk8 — #FNKLRDZ (@Chromeo) February 3, 2015
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Via: Complex
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