Cyrus Langhorne
New York rap veteran Nas has dropped a shocker on the hip-hop world. Nasir Jones has announced the unexpected death of Mobb Deep‘s Prodigy.
Nas went to Instagram Tuesday (June 20) with the breaking news.
Gossip publication TMZ has also confirmed the rap veteran’s unexpected death.
Prodigy, one half of Mobb Deep, has died in Las Vegas … TMZ has learned. He’s battled health problems for years, most notably suffering from sickle cell, but right now the cause of death is unknown. Prodigy was in Vegas over the weekend performing with the “Art of Rap” tour … with Ghostface Killah, Onyx, KRS-One, Ice-T to name a few. Mobb Deep performed Saturday night. (TMZ)
Young Money’s Nicki Minaj has already reacted to the shocking news.
Prodigy’s Instagram page is currently filled with fans paying homage to him in the comments section.
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Dmn this sad. Prodigy was and will always be a Hiphop Legend.
Mobb, got the whole spot jumpin. Wen my nigg@s step in the place, mane ya gotta love it!