Prodigy of Mobb Deep

Albert Johnson (November 2, 1974 - June 20, 2017), better known by his stage name Prodigy, was a member of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep. Prodigy was born to parents of Ethiopian and Jamaican descent, and was also born with sickle cell anemia, which he had suffered from throughout his life. Propelled to awareness partially by fellow Queens, New York rapper Nas, who took a similar approach lyrically on his championed “Illmatic” album from 1994, as well as with the aid of a successful single, “Shook Ones Pt.