Prodigy (born Albert Johnson) was one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep with rapper and producer Havoc. He died at age 42 of complications from sickle cell disease.

Prodigy began his career as one half of New York hardcore duo Mobb Deep more than 20 years ago. He and rapper-producer Havoc made classic songs like "Shook Ones Part II," "Survival of the Fittest ...

The late Prodigy of Mobb Deep has been honored with a mural in his hometown of Queensbridge, DNAinfo reports. The painting is on the side of Urban Upbound’s building at 13th St and 40th Ave, ...

There was no such goodwill, however, with Mobb Deep. Prodigy’s aim was to stab your brain with your nose bone (his words, not mine), literally be the last gun standing in a shootout, slap the ...

The hip-hop community is in mourning after one of its pillars, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, died Tuesday. The 42-year-old from Queens, born Albert Johnson, was a power player in the genre that made ...

Prodigy of the iconic hip-hop duo Mobb Deep has died. He was 42 years old. Born Albert Johnson in Hempstead, New York, Prodigy was a lifelong Queensbridge supporter as one-half of Mobb Deep, ...

The legacy of Prodigy—and by extension Mobb Deep—may be a hip-hop case of Seinfeld is Unfunny; an act whose ethos has been so influential that looking back in an archival sense robs listeners ...

In November, Prodigy of Mobb Deep filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Publishing Group. According to Billboard, the complaint alleged that the company had been collecting fees for Prodigy's ...

The Source Remembers Mobb Deep's Prodigy Nine Years Later With 10 Of His Greatest Style Moments The Source Remembers Prodigy Nine Years Later ...

Last year, Prodigy tattooed a script “G-Unit” logo on his right hand, a symbolic gesture commemorating Mobb Deep’s signing with the crew (50 Cent got the Mobb insignia inked on his wrist in ...

Mobb Deep’s Prodigy has agreed to settle his lawsuit with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) but must tweet that the dispute was a “misunderstanding” under the conditions of the deal.

With Prodigy recently getting knocked for gun possession, we found it ironic that we'd titled our Spring 2007 feature on him and his triumphant Return of the Mac album as "Hard Times." If only ...