{"id":752,"date":"2021-06-21T01:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T01:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/06\/21\/bread-ribs-hundred-dollar-bills-remembering-prodigy\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T01:17:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T01:17:48","slug":"bread-ribs-hundred-dollar-bills-remembering-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/06\/21\/bread-ribs-hundred-dollar-bills-remembering-prodigy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread, Ribs, Hundred Dollar Bills: Remembering Prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an industry filled with chicanery, few have been as authentic as the late Prodigy. Born, Albert Johnson, the diminutive emcee experienced enough for several lifetimes, always staying true to himself, or in his own words, \u201ckeeping it thoro.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSB9jpXm3-8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a rapper, Prodigy was known for his opening bars that would set the tone. Encapsulating an entire record with his first couple of lines. In that sense, his upbringing served a similar purpose, setting the tone for what became an oft-dangerous career and an even more lawless life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hailing from Hempstead, New York in Long Island, Prodigy\u2019s musical feel had been cultivated from an early age. His grandfather, Budd Johnson, was a saxophonist who worked extensively with the likes of; Dizzy Gillepsie, Quincy Jones and Duke Ellington. His grand-uncle, Keg Johnson, was a trombonist who played with Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The musical lineage carried on with his parents as his mother, Frances Johnson, was an original member of pioneering 1960\u2019s girl group, The Crystals. And his father, Budd Johnson Jr., was a member of a doo-wop music group called, The Chanters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Prodigy\u2019s paternal grandmother, Bernice Johnson, operated a successful dance school in her Jamaica, Queens backyard, where he spent a bulk of his childhood. A young Prodigy was honed in musical arts at an early age and was hardened by a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, a chronic blood disease found primarily in people of African descent, which often resulted in long hospital stints.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/features\/editorial\/prodigy-king-of-pain-nov-2000-vibe-online-520457\/\">Vibe Magazine interview<\/a> preceding the release of his solo debut, <em>H.N.I.C.<\/em>, prodigy shared a glimpse of his battle with the fatal disease:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sickle-cell got me where doctors said I couldn\u2019t play sports, I couldn\u2019t overexert myself\u2026I been going to the hospital since I was born, about 10 times a year, for about a week or two each time. I don\u2019t know, man, some psychological sh*t goes down. I be all doped up for weeks. Morphine, Demerol\u2014a whole bunch of drugs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a cultured upbringing, Prodigy\u2019s condition and his nuclear family\u2019s real life struggles kept him conscious of the harsh realities of the outside world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMiOW-mHD29\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMiOW-mHD29\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <div style=\" display: flex; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMiOW-mHD29\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Havoc (@mobbdeephavoc)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My pops did a lot of stupid sh*t, man,\u201d Prodigy revealed. \u201cOne time the n***a took me to rob a jewelry store. I was like, 5. He didn\u2019t give a f**k, though. He was like, \u2018This is my son. He can see everything I do.\u2019 I love him for that. Even though it might not be right, so what? That was my <em>pops<\/em>!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though his roots were in Hempstead and Lefrak City, Queensbridge became part of Prodigy\u2019s identity. That\u2019s where most of his friends were from (including Havoc, the other half of Mobb Deep) and where he spent much of his time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mobb-Deep-young-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374401\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prodigy (left) Havoc (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he became invested in the street life, the determination to make it as a rapper grew tenfold. A 16-year-old Prodigy tasted minor success with an uncredited guest-verse on the Hi-Five record \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H-po_o73_Jc\">Too Young<\/a>,\u201d which was featured on the <em>Boyz\u2019 N The Hood<\/em> soundtrack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, the Mobb Deep story reads like a feature presentation. From waiting outside of the Def Jam records offices in hopes that someone would listen to their demo &#8212; where Havoc not only brought a gun but managed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1662735\/havoc-prodigy-my-infamous-life\/\">shoot someone<\/a> &#8212; to world tours, platinum selling albums (and flops), Prodigy remained \u201cthoro\u201d in every sense of the made-up word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prodigy-and-havoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374402\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many ways, his life in the streets shaped the way he acted, talked and what he rapped about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody sold drugs. It made me stop caring about school and start caring about how I looked. I started acting up even more after school to prove to my friends in the hood that I was still cool. I was a crazy little kid. I blame sickle- cell and my father.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he was embroiled in a rap beef with Jay &#8211; Z, he didn\u2019t spend much-time trading diss records, instead he and his crew ran up on Jay &#8211; Z, according to his autobiography, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Infamous-Life-Autobiography-Prodigy\/dp\/1439103186\">My Infamous Life<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I walked over to my people. &#8216;Where\u2019s Jay-Z?&#8217; I asked, surveying the shadows of Justin\u2019s. &#8216;I don\u2019t see him.&#8217; So we lined the front door of Justin\u2019s on both sides. We weren\u2019t going to let Jay-Z leave without dealing with us first. &#8216;P, we\u2019re gonna beat the lips off Jay\u2019s face [as] soon as we see him,&#8217; Godfather, Nitty, and Nitty\u2019s cousin Kiko all assured me. Kiko had a gun and he wanted to shoot Jay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;No! It\u2019s not that serious,&#8217; I said. &#8216;We\u2019re just gonna beat him up. Don\u2019t pull that gun out.&#8217; Through the crowd, I saw Jay and Jermaine walking with three bodyguards towards us. Jermaine Dupri was aware of my beef with him and was visibly shook, started speed walking with his bodyguard when he saw me. He quickly hightailed it out the door. Jay-Z spotted us lined up against the door waiting for him. Then from about two yards away, he extended his hand to shake mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It ain\u2019t no beef,&#8217; Jay said. &#8216;It\u2019s just music, man. No drama.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigy is cut from the cloth of \u201cif you said it then you lived it.\u201d That\u2019s why he admittedly was not embarrassed when Jay&nbsp;put up a picture of a 12-year-old Prodigy dressed in a Michael Jackson getup on the titantron, during his Summer Jam set in 2001, in an attempt to humiliate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRp21AxWsAAu4tx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374414\" width=\"678\" height=\"261\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> In his mind, Michael Jackson was the biggest act in the world at the time and everyone was a fan of him, there was no shame in that (he also rumors that Ashanti, who was a student at his grandmother\u2019s dance studio where the picture hung, is the one who delivered the image to his adversaries). In an ironic twist, Jay &#8211; Z was applauded for being able to get Michael Jackson to make an appearance at the very same edition <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zsd3Em6icc4\">SummerJam! <\/a>Further proving Prodigy\u2019s point, but the industry doesn\u2019t view the world like he does.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way to summarize Prodigy\u2019s makeup as a man, is to look at the reason behind his three-year prison sentence. After getting pulled over for an illegal U-turn, police searched his SUV, found a gun and took him in for investigation. Except, these cops didn\u2019t care about the gun. They were the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi9w6_-wqfxAhVkUd8KHdJnAR8QwqsBMBN6BAgeEAE&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKI_tu3gWhXs&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AJWYOJz0fQyroqYr46_0I\">hip hop police<\/a>&#8221; and were more interested in his relationship with 50 Cent, to whom Prodigy and Havoc were signed to at the time. They tried making a deal with him that would keep him from serving any time, but Prodigy provided no information. They became desperate and one of the officers asked, \u201cBetween us, maybe you can drop a gun in a 50&#8217;s car and help us get him.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g-unit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374413\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October, 2007, he was convicted for possession of an illegal firearm, halting his career and all business dealings he had in the works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course not all bad things are for naught. It was during this time that Prodigy penned his autobiography and gained considerable knowledge of self and began to transform himself into more of a spiritual being, believing in the presence of abstract entities. How else could he have made it this far?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DL4Ni_6FGcg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The H.N.I.C. didn\u2019t live much longer as he passed away on June, 20 2017, due to complications of his sickle cell anemia. Fans of his can find comfort in knowing that Prodigy was one of if not <em>the<\/em> realest rapper and that he wasn\u2019t all industry like his more commercially successful counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When hip hop went full glitz and glamour during the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rIvEiTrq9kk\">shiny suit era<\/a>,\u201d of the late 1990\u2019s and early 2000\u2019s, Prodigy doubled down and recorded his solo debut. He put out even more gutter street music, filled with violence and more vivid tales of guns, drugs and murders, because that\u2019s what was really happening. His appeal to a major-label subsequently plateaued and Prodigy spent much of his later years releasing music through independent labels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, he would be proud to know that his life was captured in the opening line from one of his most memorable records. Because he really did \u201cbreak bread, ribs and hundred dollar bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/maxresdefault-1-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374410\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tupac, Ja Rule\u2014a whole bunch of people talk about pain. \u201cAnd Tupac, he even said some sh*t about my sickle-cell [on his song \u2018Hit \u2018Em Up\u2019], so that inspired me to make a <em>real<\/em> song to show n***as what pain is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an industry filled with chicanery, few have been as authentic as the late Prodigy. Born, Albert Johnson, the diminutive emcee experienced enough for several lifetimes, always staying true to himself, or in his own words, \u201ckeeping it thoro.\u201d As a rapper, Prodigy was known for his opening bars that would set the tone. 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