Mobb Deep’s Havoc is calling the lawsuit by the rap duo’s ex-manager nothing more than a money grab that will hurt the people closest to Prodigy … less than a year after he died. Havoc tells us the lawsuit Buck 50 Productions just filed…
Friday, April 20, 2018
Mobb Deep"s Havoc Says Ex-Manager Lawsuit Is "Punk S***"
Mobb Deep’s Havoc is calling the lawsuit by the rap duo’s ex-manager nothing more than a money grab that will hurt the people closest to Prodigy … less than a year after he died. Havoc tells us the lawsuit Buck 50 Productions just filed…
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Mobb Deep"s Ex-Manager Sues for Half a Million Bucks
Mobb Deep’s huge success in the rap game came at the expense of the group’s managers … according to a massive lawsuit. Buck 50 Productions says they managed the careers of Prodigy and Havoc from 2010 until Prodigy’s death last summer — and over…
Mobb Deep"s Ex-Manager Sues for Half a Million Bucks
Mobb Deep’s huge success in the rap game came at the expense of the group’s managers … according to a massive lawsuit. Buck 50 Productions says they managed the careers of Prodigy and Havoc from 2010 until Prodigy’s death last summer — and over…
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Mobb Deep Rapper Prodigy"s Cause of Death Was Choking
Prodigy’s official cause of death is listed as accidental choking … TMZ has learned. The Clark County Medical Examiner has made the determination after completing its investigation into Prodigy’s June 20 death. As TMZ first reported, he was in a…
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Mobb Deep"s Havoc Talks About Prodigy"s Death, "I Could"ve Crashed with My Kids" When I Heard the News
Prodigy’s partner in Mobb Deep thought his death was one of those rumors they hear all the time, and he even joked around about it … until he confirmed the devastating news hours later. Havoc spoke out for the first time since Prodigy died,…
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Prodigy Dies; Mobb Deep Rapper Was 42
Prodigy, the rapper best known for his work as one half of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep, has passed away at the age of 42.
Though no cause of death has been reported, the hip hop icon’s passing is believed to be related to his long battle with sickle cell anemia.
A statement issued by Mobb Deep’s publicist reports that Prodigy was hospitalized “a few days ago in Vegas after a Mobb Deep performance for complications caused by a sickle cell anemia crisis.”
The representative added:
“As most of his fans know, Prodigy battled the disease since birth.”
Prodigy (born Albert Johnson) was in Las Vegas performing with The Art of Rap tour, alongside such artists as Ghostface Killah, Onyx, KRS-One, Ice-T.
Along, with fellow Queensbridge Housing Project resident Havoc (born Kejuan Muchita) Prodigy formed Mobb Deep in 1992.
The group has long held a position of great esteem amongst hip hop fans and critics, and Prodigy was widely considered to be one of the most gifted technical rappers of the ’90s and early 2000s.
Mobb Deep found mainstream success with hits such as “Shook Ones” and “The Quiet Storm.”
Following a public feud, Johnson and Muchita went their separate ways in 2012, but reunited a year later, and embarked on a number of successful tours in the years that followed.
Considered a rap pioneer for his work alongside Havoc in the early ’90s, Prodigy is often cited as a major influence by such modern-day rappers as Eminem and 50 Cent.
The group signed to 50’s G-Unit production company in 2005 and began collaborating with the label’s roster of well-known rappers.
The back-to-back albums The Infamous and Hell On Earth were both tremendously successful both commercially and critically.
Around the time of those albums, Prodigy and Havoc became embroiled in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop feuds that claimed the lives of both Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
Prodigy was imprisoned for three years for weapons possession, and released an autobiography shortly after his 2011 release.
Tributes to Prodigy from friends, fans, and the many famous rappers he influenced have made the late emcee a worldwide trending topic on social media.
Rapper Prodigy from Mobb Deep Dead at 42
Prodigy, one half of Mobb Deep, has died in Las Vegas … TMZ has learned. He’s battled health problems for years, most notably suffering from sickle cell, but right now the cause of death is unknown. Prodigy was in Vegas over the weekend performing…