A biography for Prodigyhasn’t been written yet.
“I like any shoot-'em-up game with guns in it.”
“You have people there from all walks of life: people who made mistakes and have to deal with the consequences, mothers and fathers. You wouldn't expect them to be behind bars.”
“Going to prison actually helped save my life, I believe.”
“My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.”
“I always make hardcore songs, hits for the block.”
“Our first name was the Poetical Prophets before we changed it to Mobb Deep, and when I look back on it now, that was, like, a ill name for us because that is what we really were.”
“Mobb Deep's music, we represent poverty. That's what made us. That's who made us. That's who brought us up.”
“'Dragon's Lair' was real ill.”
“You got to treat Mobb Deep different because our fan base is different. Our fan base is in the 'hood across the world.”
“When I was a kid, I used to love to play 'Dig Dug.' It was, like, this little dude, where he digs in the dirt and makes tunnels.”
“I just love his creativity; that's what I'm talking about as far as being unique and creative and different. Kanye is doing it.”
“With Mobb Deep, we have to agree on things. We have to agree that we want to use that beat or agree on the type of song we want to do.”
“'Cobra Clutch' was to let the world know we ain't going nowhere. We got the game in the cobra clutch.”
“I been going to the hospital since I was born, about 10 times a year, for about a week or two each time.”
“Music and physical activity goes hand in hand. Music and basketball, man.”
“I've learned to respect Rick Ross' music.”
“Anything that Havoc or I do is always going to point back to Mobb Deep.”
“I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.”
“It took me a while to like Wu-Tang's style.”
“Going to jail is beyond what anyone thinks it is.”