Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, one of the great voices from New York's thug-rap renaissance in the Nineties, died on June 20th at the age of 42. The rapper had a tumultuous upbringing – plagued by sickle cell anemia, depression and a broken family – but, as his lyrics show, he was the type to turn
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Prodigy: 10 Essential Tracks From the Mobb Deep MC