The hip-hop community is mourning the terrible loss of rapper Prodigy, one-half of the Queens, N.Y. rap duo Mobb Deep. The rap vet reportedly has passed away today (June 20). News first broke after ...

Few rappers can claim to be as fearsome as Prodigy. The rap menace and member of the legendary duo Mobb Deep was a man who rubbed shoulders with New York’s gangstas and told their stories. His ...

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Mobb Deep's Prodigy poses for a photo in New York. Albert Johnson, the skilled rapper and member of the New York hip-hop duo has died. He was 42. The rapper’s ...

Prodigy, the rapper best known for his work as half of long-running New York duo Mobb Deep, died in Las Vegas, after a hospitalization due to complications from sickle-cell anemia. He was 42. The ...

Prodigy is one of the fathers of hardcore hip-hop. As a teenager, in the early nineties, he and his partner Havoc formed the group Mobb Deep. Together they created music that was an east coast answer ...

Prodigy, MC of long-running New York rap duo Mobb Deep, died in Las Vegas. At press time the cause of death was unclear. The group’s publicist sent the following statement to XXL: “It is with extreme ...

Prodigy's death at 42 has sparked an outpouring of grief from fans and words of tribute and respect from his peers and collaborators. The wordsmith was one of the more celebrated rhymers of his ...

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, along ...

Teyana Taylor, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and Tessa Thompson are among the nominees. Before fiction, however, was his memoir, My Infamous Life, published in 2011 on Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.

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. And we're going to remember a ...

Prodigy, the beloved New York rapper who along with Havoc comprised the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, died Tuesday. He was 42. “It is with extreme sadness and disbelief that we confirm the death of our dear ...

Rapper Prodigy, one half of the influential hip hop duo Mobb Deep has died, according to a co-author on one of his books, Kathy Iandoli. He was 42. A cause of death has not been released, but the ...