Hip-Hop Artists Mourn The Passing Of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy

Prodigy performs during the 13th Annual Hot 97's Summer Jam in East Rutherford, New Jersey. June 4, 2006. Photo by Paul Hawthorne for Getty Images

Hip-hop musicians from across generations have paid tribute on social media to Prodigy, the New York rapper who passed away on Tuesday. The remembrances came from artists like Nas, Nicki Minaj, and Havoc, the producer and rapper with whom Prodigy co-founded Mobb Deep, the highly regarded and widely influential rap duo.

A representative for Prodigy confirmed the rapper's passing to The FADER. He wrote in an email that the rapper had been hospitalized in Las Vegas due to "complications caused by a sickle cell anemia crisis." He was 42.

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Forever

A post shared by Havoc of Mobb Deep (@mobbdeephavoc) on Jun 20, 2017 at 11:32am PDT

Damn. RiP to the great one Prodigy. Rap game lost a legend the world lost a G. 🙏🏽 to and for his fam. Love. MOBB
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) June 20, 2017

rest in power prodigy
— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) June 20, 2017

new york and the world just changed. rest in peace Prodigy.
— el-p (@therealelp) June 20, 2017

RIP PRODIGY
— abra (@abra) June 20, 2017

Dag. Prodigy was always super kind when I met him and that meant a lot to me having idolized him. What a loss.
— ill na na patekar (@HIMANSHU) June 20, 2017

Don't want to believe he's gone. Omg. RIP @prodigymobbdeep #QueensFinest

A post shared by Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) on Jun 20, 2017 at 11:10am PDT

RIP PRODIGY 🙏🏾 . HIP HOP LOST ANOTHER LEGEND
— LORD FLACKO JODYE II (@asvpxrocky) June 20, 2017

Prodigy ! RiP I'll never forget going to New York and hearing mobb deep for the first time. In queens. Life changing sound. Hell on earth.
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) June 20, 2017

RIP PRODIGY sleep well king...
— ghost (@therealstylesp) June 20, 2017

I'm sick to my stomach, what terrible news to wake up to. RIP Prodigy one of my favourite rappers of all time, can't believe this.
— Boi-1da (@Boi1da) June 20, 2017

We keep losing our great ones... To my dude Bandana P... R.I.P. Prodigy of The Infamous MOBB DEEP... We got crazy memories! Condolences To Your Family! @prodigymobbdeep

A post shared by @djpremier on Jun 20, 2017 at 11:12am PDT

Family. We Mobb Deep 4 Ever. RIP PRODIGY

A post shared by Nasir Jones (@nas) on Jun 20, 2017 at 11:52am PDT

RADIATE IN POWER PRODIGY
— KOOL A.D. (@veeveeveeveevee) June 20, 2017

They scared to death , they scared to look.. they shook rip Prodigy
— PNBROCK (@pnbrock) June 20, 2017

RIP Prodigy

💔

Queens legend forever
— Mixpak (@Mixpak) June 20, 2017

R.I.P #PRODIGY
— ScHoolboy Q (@ScHoolboyQ) June 20, 2017

RIP Prodigy.
— Freddie Gibbs (@FreddieGibbs) June 20, 2017

Hip-Hop Artists Mourn The Passing Of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy

Musicians came together on social media to pay tribute to a legend.

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