Prodigy (rapper)

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Prodigy (* 2. November 1974 as Albert Johnson in Hempstead , New York ; † 20th June 2017 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) was an American rapper and one half of the hip-hop duos Mobb Deep .

Prodigy (2014)
Prodigy (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
HNIC
  US 18th 
gold
gold
02.12.2000 (15 weeks)
Return of the Mac
  US 32 04/14/2007 (3 weeks)
HNIC Part 2
  US 36 05/10/2008 (2 weeks)
HNIC Part 3
  US 123 07/21/2012 (1 week)
Albert Einstein
(with The Alchemist )
  US 175 06/29/2013 (1 week)
Singles
Hold You Down (with The Alchemist, Illa Ghee & Nina Sky )
  US 95 01/08/2005 (4 weeks)

biography

Johnson started rapping in the late 1980s. He then founded the duo Mobb Deep with Havoc , whom Prodigy met at the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Prodigy took on the role of the rapper at the beginning, while Havoc produced the music. In April 1993, the group released their debut album Juvenile Hell on the Fourth And Broadway Records label . The Infamous followed two years later via Loud Records . The Infamous helped the group to their breakthrough and is considered one of the most influential albums of the East Coast rap.

Prodigy's first solo album was released in November 2000. After he had already recorded four albums with his partner Havoc as Mobb Deep by this time, he wanted to take time out to work on his solo project. The album was released under the title HNIC . It was released by Relativity Records and was produced by Bink !, Hangmen 3, The Alchemist , Robert Kirkland, Havoc, Ez Elpee, Rockwilder , Just Blaze and Ric Rude. HNIC achieved gold status . The tracks Keep It Thoro , Rock Dat Shit and YBE were released as singles.

After the singles Mac 10 Handle and New York Shit had already appeared in 2006 , Prodigy released his second long player Return of the Mac in March 2007 . This was produced exclusively by The Alchemist. Return of the Mac is a mixtape and entered the US Billboard 200 at number 32 with 26,000 records sold in the first week. It was released on the Koch Records label . The songs Stuck To You and 7th Heaven were released as further singles in 2007 . The track Stuck To You was released in the summer of 2005 via the German hip-hop tape label OnTheMix Records . The March issue of hip-hop magazine Juice was the cover story of Prodigy and The Alchemist .

On October 10, 2007, Prodigy was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. The police stopped the rapper after an unauthorized U-turn and while searching his car they found a gun for which he was not permitted. The rapper started his sentence in spring 2008. Prodigy previously released his album HNIC Pt. 2 , mostly produced by The Alchemist . The album was released on April 22, 2008 and reached number 36 on the Billboard charts. On November 4, 2008 the album was released under the title HNIC Pt. 2: The Ultimate Collectors Edition re-released. This includes eight more songs, a bandana labeled “ Free P ” and a DVD with videos for all the pieces. After serving his sentence, Prodigy was released from prison on March 7, 2011.

The rapper died of a swallowed egg in a hospital on June 20, 2017. He had been treated there for sickle cell anemia which he had suffered from since birth.

Discography

Prodigy at the Out4Fame Festival 2015

Albums

  • 2000: HNIC
  • 2007: Return of the Mac
  • 2008: HNIC Part 2
  • 2008: Product of the 80’s
  • 2012: HNIC Part 3
  • 2012: The Bumpy Johnson Album
  • 2013: Albert Einstein (with The Alchemist )
  • 2017: Hegelian Dialectic: The Book of Revelation

Mix tapes

  • 2009: Ultimate P
  • 2010: Ultimate P 2

Singles

  • 2000: Keep It Thoro
  • 2001: Rock Dat Shit
  • 2001: YBE
  • 2006: Mac 10 Handle
  • 2006: New York Shit
  • 2007: Stuck on You
  • 2008: ABC
  • 2008: The Life

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prodigy Dies at 42
  2. ↑ US
  3. ↑ Listened to: Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
  4. ↑ Mobb Deep: Rapper has been in prison for three and a half years
  5. ↑ 16bars.de: Prodigy re-released HNIC Pt. II. Accessed March 12, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Laut.de: Doubletime: From brain dead to brain fart. Retrieved March 11, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Jack Shepherd: Prodigy cause of death: Mobb Deep member died from choking on an egg, coroner confirms. Independent.co.uk , August 4, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Prodigy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Albert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH November 2nd 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hempstead , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH 20th June 2017
Place of death Las Vegas , Nevada , United States