Rapper Prodigy of ‘Mobb Deep’ dies at 42

Rapper Prodigy, a member of the New York hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, has died. He was 42. The rapper’s publicist said in a statement Tuesday that Prodigy was hospitalized a few days ago in Las Vegas “for complications caused by a sickle cell anemia crisis.” Prodigy has battled sickle cell since birth and was in Las Vegas for a performance. The exact cause of death was not clear, the representative said.
File – Music group Mobb Deep, from left, Albert Johnson, aka Prodigy, and