He was performing in the Art of Rap Tour in Las Vegas with Havoc, Ghostface Killah, Onyx, KRS-One, and Ice-T when he was hospitalized. On June 20, 2017, it was reported that Prodigy had died in Las Vegas, Nevada, after having been hospitalized a few days earlier for complications related to his sickle-cell anemia. He attributes his nihilism to the "permanent physical suffering" caused by his lifelong battle with the condition.
In an interview with Vibe in November 2000, Prodigy spoke about what inspired him to directly address his battle with sickle-cell anemia in his song "You Can Never Feel My Pain", from his debut studio album H.N.I.C. In August 2016, he released an untitled EP of five tracks, released in partnership with BitTorrent, an association that Prodigy had been working up for a while. On April 1, 2014, Mobb Deep released The Infamous Mobb Deep, their eighth studio album. In 2013, Prodigy released his second collaboration album with the Alchemist titled Albert Einstein. It was co-written with Laura Checkoway and published by Touchstone Books. In 2011, Prodigy released his autobiography, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy.
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On April 21, a song titled "The Type", with Curren$y, was released on Curren$y's free album, entitled Covert Coup. In 2011, Prodigy released a free EP called The Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson EP which was his first project after he was released from prison. Prodigy was featured in the 2009 documentary, Rhyme and Punishment, a film that documented Hip-Hop artists who have been incarcerated. He was officially released on March 7, 2011. In late 2009, Mobb Deep was released from its contract with 50 Cent's G-Unit label.ĭuring this time period, Prodigy was served with a three-year sentence in Mid-State medium-security prison, following a plea agreement stemming from a gun-possession charge. 2 through Voxonic Inc., a company in which he was an equity holder. The mixtape single, together with the mixtape video, was called "Mac 10 Handle". Part 2, which was first previewed on his official mixtape The Return of the Mac, and was later released on the independent label Koch Records.
His follow up solo album would be released in 2008.īut during the next 6 years, between the release of his first two solo albums, Prodigy continued to work with Mobb Deep, releasing Infamy in 2001, Amerikaz Nightmare in 2004, and Blood Money in 2006.ĭuring this time, Prodigy had started work on his second solo album H.N.I.C. In November 2000, Prodigy released his debut solo album H.N.I.C. The group’s next release, Murda Muzik, was heavily bootlegged while still in its demo stage, leaking, onto the streets and over the internet, rough versions of the nearly 30 songs the duo had recorded. A year and a half later, at the end of 1996, Prodigy and Havoc released Hell on Earth, which debuted at number six on SoundScan. Initially compared to fellow rapper Nas, who took a similar approach lyrically on his Illmatic album from 1994, Mobb Deep released The Infamous in 1995, which was certified Gold by the RIAA within the first two months of its release. The duo became the "Poetical Prophets,” before choosing the name "The Infamous Mobb Deep.” Under the alias Lord-T (The Golden Child), the then 16-year-old Johnson joined Jive Records and landed an uncredited guest appearance on the Boyz N The Hood soundtrack, for his collaborative efforts on the song "Too Young" by Hi-Five in 1991. While attending the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, he met his future music partner, Havoc.
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