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| name               = Goldie
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image              = Goldie 2003 crop.jpg
| caption            = Goldie in 2003
| birth_name         = Clifford Joseph Price
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1965|9|19|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Walsall]], England
| nationality        = 

| occupation         = {{hlist|Music producer|DJ|actor}}
| years_active       = 1991–present
| television         = 
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Sonjia Ashby|21 November 2002|2005|reason=div.}}|{{marriage|Mika Wassenaar|2010}}}}
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| label      = {{hlist|[[Metalheadz]]|[[FFRR Records|FFRR]]|Razor's Edge|[[Reinforced Records]]|[[Moving Shadow]]}}
| website          = {{URL|goldie.co.uk}}
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'''Clifford Joseph Price''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 19 September 1965), better known as '''Goldie''', is an English music producer, [[DJ]], graffiti artist and actor.

Initially gaining exposure for his work as a [[graffiti]] artist, Goldie became well known for his pioneering role as a musician in the 1990s UK [[Jungle music|jungle]], [[drum and bass]] and [[breakbeat hardcore]] scenes. He released a variety of singles under the pseudonym '''Rufige Kru''' and co-founded the label [[Metalheadz]]. He later released several albums under his own name, including the 1995 album ''[[Timeless (Goldie album)|Timeless]]'', which entered the UK charts at number 7.

Goldie's acting credits include the 1999 [[James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'', [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'' (2000) and the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' (2001–2002). He has also appeared in a number of celebrity reality television shows, including ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 2)|Celebrity Big Brother 2]]'' (UK), ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', ''[[Come Dine with Me]]'' and ''[[Maestro (British TV series)|Maestro]]''.

== Early life ==
Born in [[Walsall]], England, but raised in [[Wolverhampton]],<ref name="ninelives">{{cite book |author=Goldie |last2=Gorman |first2=Paul |title=Nine Lives |year=2002 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton: 2002 |isbn=0-340-82478-6}}</ref> Price is of Jamaican and Scottish heritage.<ref name="ninelives"/><ref name=DoAndroidsDance>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Barr |url=http://doandroidsdance.com/features/precious-metalheadz/1/ |title=Goldie: Precious Metalheadz |publisher=DoAndroidsDance.com |date=17 March 2013 |access-date=5 April 2014 |location=New York |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211114544/http://doandroidsdance.com/features/precious-metalheadz/1/ |archive-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> He was put up for [[adoption]] at the age of three, and raised in childcare homes and by several [[foster parents]].<ref name=DoAndroidsDance/> According to his 2002 autobiography, he was physically and sexually abused during this time.<ref name="djmag2017">{{Cite web |url=https://djmag.com/features/goldies-voyage-another-galaxy |title=Goldie's voyage into another galaxy: DJ Mag cover story |date=27 June 2017 |website=[[DJ Mag]] |access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref> Price was a member of the [[breakdance]] crew Westside, based in the [[Whitmore Reans]] and [[Heath Town]] areas of Wolverhampton, in the 1980s. He later joined a breakdance crew called the Birmingham [[Bboy]]s, and made his name as a [[graffiti]] artist in the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]].

His artwork around [[Birmingham]] and Wolverhampton was featured heavily in [[Dick Fontaine]]'s documentary ''Bombin{{'}}''. He is mentioned for his graffiti in the book ''[[Spraycan Art]]'' by [[Henry Chalfant]] and [[James Prigoff]], which contains several examples of his art.

He moved to the United States owing to graffiti projects, and also started selling [[grill (jewelry)|grills]] (gold teeth jewellery) in New York and Miami; he continued this business after his return to the UK in 1988.<ref name=DoAndroidsDance/> His nickname stems from "Goldielocks", an earlier nickname given to him during his Bboys days and subsequently shortened when he no longer wore [[dreadlocks]].<ref name=DoAndroidsDance/>

==Career==
=== Music ===
By 1991, Price had become fascinated by the British [[breakbeat]] music scene when his girlfriend, DJ [[Kemistry]], introduced him to the pioneering [[Oldskool jungle|jungle]] and [[drum and bass]] [[record producer|producers]] Dennis "Dego" McFarlane and Mark "[[Marc Mac]]" Clair, known as [[4hero]].<ref name=DoAndroidsDance/> He went on to execute some design and [[A&R]] work for 4hero's [[Reinforced Records]] label.

In 1992, Price made his first record appearance by contributing to an EP by Icelandic group Ajax Project that included the track ''Ruffige''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grapevine.is/culture/music/2011/03/17/remembering-biogen |title=Remembering Biogen/ |first=Ragnar |last=Egilsson |work=The Reykjavík Grapevine |date=17 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Ajax Project, Thor, Biogen - Mach III |date=1992 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/187885-Ajax-Project-Thor-Biogen-Mach-III |access-date=2024-12-02 |language=en}}</ref>

His releases ''Killa Muffin'' b/w ''Krisp Biscuit'' and the ''Dark Rider'' [[Extended play|EP]] were released under the alias "Rufige Kru"{{refn|group=note|Talking about how he used various sounds—"throwing nu-skool samples against old-skool stuff and then pull[ing] other things in"—Goldie explained the word "rufige" was "the way you describe things that were left lying around on the surface—more or less scum", and said what he was doing was "collect[ing rufige] together and turn[ing it] into something new".<ref>{{cite book |last=Barr |first=Tim |title=The Mix |date=1996 |publisher=Future Publishing |location=Bath}}</ref><ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 389
| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref>}} His track "Terminator", released under the name "Metal Heads" in 1992,<ref>{{Citation |title=Metal Heads - Terminator |date=1992 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/32034-Metal-Heads-Terminator |access-date=2024-12-02 |language=en}}</ref> was a hit in the jungle scene and is noted for its use of [[pitch shifting]]. In 1993, he released ''Angel'', another [[Twelve-inch single|12"]] on the Synthetic Hardcore Phonography label. 1994 saw him setting up his own record label, [[Metalheadz]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>
[[File:Goldie timeless tattoo.jpg|thumb|Goldie next to a "Metalheadz" tattoo, 2001]]

His first studio album, ''[[Timeless (Goldie album)|Timeless]]'', followed in 1995. ''Timeless'' entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number seven.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 230}}</ref> The album fused the [[breakbeat]]s and basslines common in jungle with orchestral textures and [[soul music|soul]] vocals by [[Diane Charlemagne]]. The album's title track was a 21-minute [[symphonic]] piece. "[[Inner City Life]]", a track from the album, reached number 39 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> ''Timeless'' helped to popularise drum and bass as a form of [[musical expression]].<ref>{{cite web |first=John| last=Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/goldie-p168851/biography |title=Goldie |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> The music critic [[Simon Reynolds]] noted that Price's credentials as a musical innovator—and particularly as one of the key driving forces of innovation in the jungle/breakbeat scene—were exceptional. "Goldie revolutionised jungle not once but thrice", he noted in ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' magazine, continuing, "First there was 'Terminator' (pioneering the use of time stretching), then 'Angel' (fusing [[Diane Charlemagne]]'s live vocal with [[David Byrne]]/[[Brian Eno]] samples to prove that hardcore could be more 'conventionally' musical), now there's 'Timeless', a 22-minute hardcore symphony."<ref name="Reynolds">Simon Reynolds, "Above The Treeline", ''The Wire'' No. 127, September 1994.</ref>

In 1996, he released the ''Toasted Both Sides Please'' remix of the [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] song "[[Swallowed (song)|Swallowed]]", which topped charts in the US and Canada.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Billboard+Modern+Rock+Tracks+bush+swallowed&pg=PA14 |title=Billboard – Google Books |date=16 November 1996 |access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jjheath.com/ModR1996.html |title=Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks Top 39 of 1996 |publisher=Jjheath.com |access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9882&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c1q4gj2dnd4leu6d7gg7rpv304 |title=Rock/Alternative – Volume 64, No. 16, December 02 1996 |author=RPM |authorlink=RPM (magazine) |date=2 December 1996 |access-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022125923/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9882&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c1q4gj2dnd4leu6d7gg7rpv304 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Price released his second album, ''[[Saturnz Return]]'', in 1998. The album's opening track, "Mother", is an hour-long orchestral drum and bass piece. The album featured appearances by [[David Bowie]], [[Noel Gallagher]] and [[KRS-One]]. The album met with mixed reviews. David Brown of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called the album "ambitious but monotonous and overlong—[[Pink Floyd]] with a gold tooth".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Brown |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1998/02/06/saturnz-return/ |title=Saturnz Return |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |location=New York City |date=6 February 1998 |access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421162808/http://www.ew.com/article/1998/02/06/saturnz-return/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2002, Price said that he had been working for three years on a film called ''Sine Tempus'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nigelberman.co.uk/feature1_nov2002.htm |title=new insight – feature article, Roger McGough interview |publisher=Nigelberman.co.uk |access-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123145756/http://www.nigelberman.co.uk/feature1_nov2002.htm |archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> described as a coming-of-age story of a young paintbrush artist. In 2006, he announced the soundtrack as his new album.<ref name="independent06">{{cite web |last=Verma |first=Rahul |date=13 January 2006 |title=Goldie: lookin' back |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/goldie-lookin-back-6111901.html |work=The Independent}}</ref> The album was released via the Metalheadz website in 2008, but the film has not been released.

Price is known for his work as the leader of Rufige Kru. The group has no fixed members and has included drum and bass producers such as Technical Itch, Heist, Cujo, Agzilla Da Ice, Danny J, [[Doc Scott]] and [[Rob Playford]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-27 |title=Goldie's voyage into another galaxy: DJ Mag cover story |url=https://djmag.com/features/goldies-voyage-another-galaxy |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Re-record: Celebrating 120 Black Artists In Electronic Music - Part 2 · Feature ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/features/3831 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}}</ref>

March 2013 saw the release of ''The Alchemist: The Best of Goldie 1992–2012'', featuring prominent tracks from throughout Price's musical career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Alchemist-Best-Of-1992-2012/dp/B00B7PJM7E |title=The Alchemist: Best Of 1992–2012: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon |access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref> A subsequent compilation, the three-CD Masterpiece set released by Ministry of Sound in 2014, brought together tracks that influenced him ([[Soul II Soul]]'s "Back To Life", [[Roy Ayers]]' "Everybody Loves The Sunshine") with cuts that soundtracked his entry into the rave scene and key moments from the drum'n'bass scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25522 |title=Full details of Goldie's Masterpiece revealed |first=Aaron |last=Coultate |website=residentadvisor.net |access-date=17 April 2022 |date=14 July 2014 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907092651/https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25522 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2017, the Goldie album ''[[The Journey Man]]'' was released, which Price described as his "[[magnum opus]]" and "the most important thing that I've ever made."<ref name="djmag2017"/>

In 2020, Goldie launched his new record label, Fallen Tree 1Hundred.<ref>{{cite web |title=GOLDIE LAUNCHES NEW LABEL FALLEN TREE 1HUNDRED |url=https://mixmag.net/read/goldie-launches-new-label-fallen-tree-1hundred-news |website=Mixmag.net |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>

A 25th anniversary edition of Timeless was released by London Records the following year. The new release included a triple gold vinyl version and a compact disc version. The release brought the number of versions of the iconic drum'n'bass album (including reissues and global pressings) to 44.

=== Acting ===
Price has appeared in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'' and several other films, most notably the [[James Bond]] film, ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''. He also played gangster [[Angel Hudson]] in the British soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' (2001–2002). Price starred in ''[[Everybody Loves Sunshine]]'' (1999) (aka ''B.U.S.T.E.D.'' – United States title) with [[David Bowie]].

=== Television appearances ===
Price appeared on [[BBC1]]'s ''Daytime Live'' in October 1987 to discuss the rise of urban art across the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daytime Live (BBC Archive) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=16 April 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGM_XJsCFqc}}</ref> Price also appeared on ''Central Weekend'', a Friday evening topical debate show on [[ITV Central|Central TV]], promoting [[graffiti]] as an art form. He had a small documentary made about his own art on Central TV's ''Here and Now'' programme featuring [[Pogus Caesar]]'s photographs of New York. He has appeared on various young people's TV shows as part of a [[breakdance]] crew, the [[Bboy]]s from Wolverhampton. In 1995, he appeared on ''[[Passengers (TV series)|Passengers]]'', and in a [[Channel 4]] documentary about himself in 1998.

His next TV appearance was hosting ''Crime Business'' on the digital TV channels [[Bravo (British TV channel)|Bravo]] and [[Ftn (TV channel)|Ftn]]. He presented the documentary series ''The World's Deadliest Gangs'' on Bravo in 2002.

Price appeared on the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 2)|second series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in 2002. He was the first celebrity to be "evicted". In 2006, he was scheduled to appear in ''[[The Games (British TV series)|The Games]]'', a UK reality TV show on Channel 4, but during training for the water-ski jump event he [[Bone fracture|fractured]] his [[femur]] and was unable to take part in the show. He was replaced by [[Adam Rickitt]]. In 2009, he was reported to be suing the producers of the show for damages as a result of the injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/05/06/rapper-goldie-sues-c4-s-the-games-for-300k-over-injury-115875-21335882 |title=Rapper Goldie sues C4's The Games for £300k over injury |date=5 May 2009 |work=Mirror}}</ref>

In June 2008, Price participated in the German/French TV channel [[Arte|ARTEs]] format '[[Durch die Nacht mit ...|Into the Night with ...]]' episode 052, where he met artist [[Skream]]. The episode not only shows an adventurous encounter between two hard-drinking stars of the club scene, but also a close-up look at the operation of one of Europe's most important electro festivals, the [[Melt Festival]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Baumann |first=Hasko |title=Goldie und Skream |date=2008-10-02 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288421/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |series=Durch die Nacht mit... |others=Goldie, Skream}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swEJ4cVR1CQ |title=Durch die Nacht mit - Goldie und Skream (beim MELT-Festival 2008) |date=2024-03-16 |last=TheBoobTube |access-date=2024-11-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

During August and September 2008, the [[BBC]] broadcast ''[[Maestro (British TV series)|Maestro]]'', a reality television show in which eight celebrities, including Price, learned to conduct a concert orchestra.<ref name="djmag2017" /> Price was placed second, behind [[Sue Perkins]].

On 31 July 2009, the first of a two-part television programme ''[[Classic Goldie]]'' was broadcast, showing how in the wake of his success in the ''Maestro'' programme he learns to write a score for a large orchestra and choir. The resulting composition, commissioned by the BBC and entitled ''Sine Tempore'' (''Timeless''), was performed at two children's [[The Proms|Promenade concerts]] in the [[Royal Albert Hall]] on 1 and 2 August 2009, which featured music connected with [[Charles Darwin]] and the creation and evolution of the world.<ref>BBC Proms programme, 1 August 2009.</ref>

He appeared on ''[[Celebrity Mastermind]]'' on 27 December 2009 and came fourth behind [[Paul O'Grady]], [[Gail Emms]] and [[Loyd Grossman]]. On 11 September 2010, he was announced as part of the line-up in ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (series 8)|Strictly Come Dancing]]'', staying in the competition for two weeks.

On 22 December 2010, he appeared in a ''[[Celebrity Come Dine with Me]]'' [[Christmas special]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/episode-guide/series-20/episode-19 |title=Come Dine with Me – Series 20 – Episode 19 – Celebrity Christmas Special |publisher=Channel 4 |date=22 December 2010 |access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref>

On 26 March 2011, he appeared in a three-part reality television series, ''[[Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment]]'' in which he led a group of music experts as they conducted a nationwide search for young talented musicians and then selected and coached 12 of them, who collaborated to create some musical pieces for a performance at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/22/goldie.shtml |title=Goldie's band perform for Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=22 October 2010 |access-date=6 April 2011}}</ref>

In 2014, he appeared on the [[telethon]] ''[[BBC Children in Need]]''.

=== Art ===
In 2007, Price returned to the art world with an art exhibition, "Love Over Gold", which was held at the Leonard Street Gallery, London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/25/popandrock |title=Portrait of the artist: Goldie, musician |work=The Guardian (London)|date=25 September 2007 |access-date=12 May 2009 |first=Laura |last=Barnett}}</ref> In 2008, he teamed up with [[Pete Tong]] to provide much of the artwork for Tong's new [[Wonderland (event)|Wonderland]] club night at Eden nightclub in [[Sant Antoni de Portmany|San Antonio]], [[Ibiza]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2008/04/22/pete-tong-new-ibiza-plans-at-the-eden/ |title=Pete Tong new Ibiza plans at the Eden |publisher=Famemagazine.co.uk |date=22 April 2008 |access-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120052220/http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2008/04/22/pete-tong-new-ibiza-plans-at-the-eden/ |archive-date=20 November 2008}}</ref>

There was an exhibition of Price's art in [[Berlin]] from 13 to 26 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eddielock.co.uk/newsView.php?title=Goldie%20Berlin%20Exhibition%20&newsItem=12 |title=Goldie Berlin Exhibition |publisher=Eddielock.co.uk |date=26 June 2008 |access-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805075543/http://www.eddielock.co.uk/newsView.php?title=Goldie%20Berlin%20Exhibition%20&newsItem=12 |archive-date=5 August 2009}}</ref> In April 2009, a retrospective exhibition titled "Kids Are All Riot" took place in [[Shoreditch]], London, coinciding with the release of his screenprint "Apocalypse Angel".

Around 2008, Price's art work was displayed on the [[London Underground]] by the arts company [[Art Below]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artbelow.org.uk/artists/goldie |title=Goldie |website=artbelow.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233640/http://www.artbelow.org.uk/artists/goldie |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, he modeled for [[Louis Vuitton]] Menswear Spring / Summer collection and contributed a song.

=== Books ===
The innovative nature of Goldie's art (both sonic and visual) was a consistent theme in [[Kodwo Eshun]]'s acclaimed book 'More Brilliant Than The Sun' (published in 1998) which has long been seen as a landmark text on Afro-futurism. Among the works that Eshun referenced were Goldie's 1986 graffiti piece Future World Machine and his 1992 single 'Terminator'. Noting the links between the multi-dimensionality in both painting and sound, Eshun noted: "There's a big interface between graffiti and the break."<ref>Eshun 1998, p. 177.</ref>

In 2002, Goldie's autobiography 'Nine Lives' was published by [[Hodder & Stoughton]]. Written with London-based writer [[Paul Gorman]], the book traced his life story from childhood in care and foster homes through to the first flush of his success as a groundbreaking musical artist.

A second autobiography 'All Things Remembered' was published in November 2017 by Faber & Faber. Written when Goldie was 52, it covers a more comprehensive span than the earlier book but is more philosophic in tone. While incidents from his extraordinary childhood are recounted, it also includes his ruminations on musical heroes such as Pat Metheny and a conversation with "my left-hand man" [[Doc Scott]] as well as memories of his work in TV and film. The book includes pictures of Goldie on set with [[David Bowie]]. Co-written with Ben Thompson, 'All Things Remembered' was chosen by [[Nicola Barker]] as one of The Guardian's Books Of The Year. She described it as "a fabulous, whirling kaleidoscope of music, memory and trauma . . . magical and cautionary."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-25 |title=Best books of 2017 – part one |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/25/best-books-of-2017-part-one |access-date=2023-12-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In the early 1990s, Price had a relationship with [[drum and bass]] artist [[Kemistry]], who died in a car accident in 1999.<ref>Alister Morgan, "Obituary: Kemi Olusanya", ''The Independent'', 6 May 1999.</ref> 

He was romantically involved with Icelandic singer [[Björk]] in 1996.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> Björk's brief relationships with Goldie and musician [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], both Black men, upset deranged fan [[Ricardo Lopez (stalker)|Ricardo Lopez]] who mailed an explosive device to Björk before killing himself in his Florida home. The acid bomb failed to reach Björk because Lopez's body, and his plans, were discovered before the package was delivered. The device was defused by [[Scotland Yard]].<ref name="abcnews1">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132422|title=Inside the Mind of a Celebrity Stalker|date=December 11, 1996|publisher=ABC News|access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>

In 1998, Price bought a country house in [[Bovingdon]], Hertfordshire.<ref name="independent06"/><ref name="guardian03">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2003/sep/06/features.jobsmoney4 |title=More by luck than judgement |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 September 2003 |access-date=12 May 2009 |location=London |first=Mark |last=Ansted}}</ref>

Price married model Sonjia Ashby in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2012/07/26/goldie-s-ex-wife-sonjia-ashby-launches-lap-dancing-club-in-southport-101022-31472703/ |title=Local and community news, opinion, video & pictures |publisher=Southport Visiter |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000259/http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2012/07/26/goldie-s-ex-wife-sonjia-ashby-launches-lap-dancing-club-in-southport-101022-31472703/ |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> They divorced in 2005.<ref name="independent06"/> As of 2003, he had five children, including social content creator Danny Price, who has appeared on Channel 4 reality show ''[[Make Me Prime Minister]]''.<ref name="guardian03"/><ref>{{Cite instagram |user=dannyfuckingprice |title=Ｄａｎｎｙ Ｐｒｉｃｅ |postid=https://www.instagram.com/dannyfuckingprice/ |date=2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |link=https://www.instagram.com/dannyfuckingprice/}}</ref>

In 2007, Goldie began a relationship with Mika Wassenaar, a Canadian. The couple appeared in the 20 June 2009 episode of ITV's ''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]'' with [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Fern Britton]]. Mika and Price married in 2010.<ref name=observer>Lynn Barber, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/19/goldie-the-interview Goldie: The interview], ''The Observer'', 19 July 2009.</ref>

On 29 April 2010, Price opened the William Tyndale Primary School Sports Pitch in [[Islington]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.williamtyndale-islington.co.uk/community/william-tyndale-sports-pitch|title=William Tyndale Primary School|website=Williamtyndale-islington.co.uk|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

In July 2010, Price received an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences from [[Brunel University]], Uxbridge.<ref name=brunel>[http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news/cdata/goldie+degre] {{dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Brunel University, 20 July 2010, accessed 21 July 2010.</ref> On 3 September 2010, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Design from the [[University of Wolverhampton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=24857 |title=2010 Clifford Price (Goldie) |publisher=Wlv.ac.uk |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203041608/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=24857 |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>

On 7 September 2010, Price's 23-year-old son Jamie Price was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]], with a minimum sentence of 21 years, for murder. He was convicted of stabbing a rival gang member to death in Wolverhampton town centre on 24 August 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-black-country-11215348 |title=Wolverhampton gang member jailed for murder |publisher=BBC News |date=7 September 2010}}</ref>

As of 2017, Price and his wife were living in Thailand, having moved there in 2015.<ref name="djmag2017"/>

Price was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] awards, for services to music and young people.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N23|date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

Price was accused of assaulting a security guard at the 2017 Glastonbury festival after the guard had refused to let Price's daughter, Chance, backstage; Price later emailed a response which read, "Yep, guilty as charged", but in March 2018, district judge Lynn Matthews at Bristol Magistrates' Court rejected Price's emailed response and in a video call Price later admitted to assault by beating.<ref name="BBC News 15 March 2018">{{cite web |title=Goldie appears in court via FaceTime from Thailand |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-43419794 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 March 2018 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> On 30 May Bristol Magistrates' Court ordered Goldie to pay almost £2,500 as a fine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-44308393 |title=Goldie fined for Glastonbury assault |date=30 May 2018 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=31 May 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2017, Price appeared to reveal the first name of pseudonymous graffiti artist [[Banksy]] as "Rob" on [[Scroobius Pip]]'s weekly ''[[Distraction Pieces Podcast]]'' (Episode No. 156). When discussing the rise of commercialism in street art, Price said, "Give me a bubble letter and put it on a T-shirt and write Banksy on it and we're sorted. We can sell it now... No disrespect to Rob, I think he is a brilliant artist. I think he has flipped the world of art over."<ref>{{cite news |title=Did Goldie just reveal who Banksy is? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40379603 |access-date=5 October 2019 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=23 June 2017}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Timeless (Goldie album)|Timeless]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Saturnz Return]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Journey Man]]'' (2017)

'''as Rufige Kru'''
* ''Malice in Wonderland'' (2007)
* ''Memoirs of an Afterlife'' (2009)
* ''Alpha Omega'' (2025)

'''Soundtrack albums'''
* ''Sine Tempus – The Soundtrack'' (2008)

'''Collaboration albums'''
* ''Subject One – Music for Inanimate Objects'' (2019) with James Davidson as Subjective
* ''The Start of No Regret'' (2022) with James Davidson as Subjective

=== Selected singles/EPs ===
* "Kris Biscuit / Killer Muffin" (as Rufige Cru) ([[Reinforced Records]], 1992)
* ''Darkrider EP'' (as Rufige Cru) (Reinforced Records, 1992)
* ''Terminator EP'' (as Metal Heads) (Synthetic Hardcore Phonography, 1992)
* "Ghosts of My Life / Terminator 2" (as Rufige Kru) (Reinforced Records, 1993)
* "Angel / You and Me" (as Metal Heads) (Synthetic Hardcore Phonography, 1993)
* ''Internal Affairs EP'' (as Internal Affairs with [[4hero]]) (Reinforced Records, 1993)
* "VIP Riders Ghost" (as Rufige Kru) ([[Metalheadz]], 1993)
* "[[Inner City Life]]" (as Goldie presents Metalheadz) ([[FFRR Records|FFRR]], 1994) – UK No. 39 (UK Singles Chart)
* "[[Angel (Goldie song)|Angel]]" (FFRR, 1995) – UK No. 41
* "Jah / Deadly Deep Subs" (Remixes) (Razors Edge, 1996)
* "State of Mind" (FFRR, 1996)
* "[[Digital (Goldie song)|Digital]]" (feat. [[KRS-One]]) (FFRR, 1997) – UK No. 13
* "The Shadow" (as Rob & Goldie) ([[Moving Shadow]], 1997) – UK No. 82
* "Kemistry V.I.P. / Your Sound" (Remixes) (Razors Edge, 1997)
* ''[[Ring of Saturn (EP)|Ring of Saturn]]'' (FFRR, 1998)
* "[[Temper Temper (Goldie song)|Temper Temper]]" (featuring [[Noel Gallagher]]) (FFRR, 1998) – UK No. 13
* "[[Believe (Goldie song)|Believe]]" (FFRR, 1998) – UK No. 36
* "Beachdrifta / Stormtrooper VIP" (Metalheadz, 2001)
* "Say You Love Me" (Metalheadz, 2005)
* "Monkey Boy / Special Request" (Metalheadz, 2007)
* "Vanilla" (Metalheadz, 2007)
* "Freedom" (feat. [[Natalie Duncan]]) (Metalheadz, 2012)
* "I Adore You" feat. Ulterior Motive (2017)
* "Upstart" feat. [[Skepta]] (2018)
* "Breakout" feat. LaMeduza (as Subjective) (2022)

=== Selected mixes ===
* ''INCredible Sound of Drum'n'Bass'' (1999)
* ''Goldie.co.uk'' (2001)
* ''MDZ.04'' (2004)
* ''Drum & Bass Arena: The Classics'' (2006)
* ''Watch the Ride'' (2008)
* ''[[FabricLive.58]]'' (2011)

== Filmography ==
*''[[Everybody Loves Sunshine]]'' (1999) – Terry
*''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999) – Mr. Bullion
*''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'' (2000) – Bad Boy Lincoln
*''The Price of Air'' (2000) – The Greaser
*''The Case'' (2002) – DJ Gabriel

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*''Nine Lives'', Goldie with Paul Gorman, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. {{ISBN|0-340-82478-6}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|http://www.goldie.co.uk}}
* {{discogs artist|artist=Goldie|name=Goldie}}
* {{discogs artist|artist=Rufige Kru|name=Rufige Kru}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0325635|name=Goldie}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123145756/http://www.nigelberman.co.uk/feature1_nov2002.htm Goldie – biting through]&nbsp;– Interview by ''Jan Goodey'', November 2002
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315014847/http://www.techno.de/mixmag/interviews/goldie.html The War is Over]&nbsp;– [[Mixmag]] Interview by ''Tony Marcus'', 1995
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315014917/http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.09/Goldie.a.html Saturnz Return]&nbsp;– [[Mixmag]] Interview by ''Matthew Collin'' about the release of his album ''Saturnz Return'', 1997
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102711/http://de-vice-third.tripod.com/id15.html Goldie&nbsp;– Headz Will Roll] Interview by ''Tim Colman''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202075651/http://www.eddielock.co.uk/index.php?cPath=83_86 Goldie]&nbsp;– 2008 art exhibition

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