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Prodigy

Albert Johnson, (born November 2, 1974) better known as Prodigy, is an American rapper and one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep.

Born in Hempstead, New York, in Long Island, Prodigy became a member of the duo Mobb Deep. He is currently serving a 3 year prison sentence in midstate correctional facility for a gun charge and will be released sometime in 2011.. Prodigy was born with sickle cell anemia and has suffered from the disease throughout his life. Propelled to awareness partially by fellow rapper Nas, who took a similar approach lyrically on his Illmatic album from 1994, as well as with the aid of a successful single, "Shook Ones Pt.

2," Mobb Deep released The Infamous. 2 years later, in 1997, Prodigy and Havoc released Hell on Earth; debuting at number six on SoundScan the album was composed with both evocative beats and cinematic rhymes that communicated the dark side of New York's urban landscape.

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