be the first to set it off" is a hell of an opening line on the part of Prodigy, and sets off the first verse on Mobb Deep's 1996 single "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)," however, it's the third ...

After years of subliminal rap lines directed at Jigga from the Mobb Deep camp, Jay-Z finally got the upper hand. Mobb Deep’s resurgence was thwarted by the audacious move and the nickname ...

“I’m not even going to front…he got me,” snickered an unusually ... to millions as Prodigy of the revered Queens rhyme duo Mobb Deep wasn’t much for jovial displays, the sneering ...

Los Angeles native Ice Cube was on the front lines, watching the rap feud heat up. Then, in 2006, years after the East Coast Vs. West Coast beef subsided, Cube and Mobb Deep teamed up to deliver ...

Most recently, Mobb Deep had performed with one another at the Art of Rap Fest alongside collaborator Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and KRS-One less than a week ago. Havoc, who had known Prodigy since ...

The hip-hop community is in mourning after one of its pillars, Prodigy of Mobb Deep ... the River Front Times, since his release in 2011, Prodigy started his own label, clothing line, and ...

“However, Mobb Deep does what they do so well … we simply don’t care.”Their lyrical content usually draws the dividing line, though few dismiss their ability or talent.Briefly caught up in ...

Prodigy, one-half of the seminal New York City hip-hop outfit Mobb Deep, died Tuesday at the age ... He added: “The bottom line is we’re smarter than all the BS. Way smarter than that.