Though his fight with sickle cell anemia was well known for the better part of two decades, that knowledge did nothing to soften the blow of losing Prodigy at age 42. Hip-hop decided it would send ...

When the rapper Prodigy suffered a sickle cell crisis after a Las Vegas concert in 2017, his friends didn’t think much of it at first: they were used to him getting sick. But a few days later, he died ...

On this day, June 20, in hip-hop history... 2017: Prodigy, rap legend and member of Mobb Deep, died at the age of 42. P was one of the most respected artists in the game and one of the most effective ...

Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, whose death from complications from sickle cell anemia was confirmed Tuesday afternoon, was a true rap legend. As a part of the duo Mobb Deep with Kejuan "Havoc" Muchita, and ...