It’s been two months since Mobb Deep emcee Prodigy was released from prison after he was slammed with gun charges. Now, in a recent interview with Vlad TV, P revists his first first day in the slammer over three years ago.
Prodigy explained that he wasn’t afraid of going to jail despite it being his first time in the bing. He said that growing up, many of his friends and family members spent time behind bars. For him, the key to dealing with the sentence was mentally preparing himself for the lack of ammenities.
“When I went to prison, it was a new experience for me because I had never been to prison before,” explained P. “Most of my firends had been through that. I’ve heard a lot about it through the years; my father, he’s been through fed[eral prisons] and state [prisons], so I heard a lot about it through him. I was just like, ‘Aight, this is my turn now, so now I’ve got to deal with it.’ I was mentally prepared for all that. I mentally stripped myself – I went from six-star hotels and…touring all around the world, and groupies and wilding and doing all that, to being in prison, stripped of all that. So I mentally prepared myself for that, just, ‘Whatever, we’ve got to thug it out now for a little while, I’ll be back.'”
Prodigy also said that his fellow inmates and wardens treated him with nothing but love and respect, despite the occasional “G-Unot” joke hurled his way. He even said that his G-Unit partner Tony Yayo helped him out by sending word to the Unit’s affiliates on the inside of P’s arrival.
“When I was [processed], there were Queens niggas right away,” he said. “Right away, as soon as I walked in there, I seen a bunch of my niggas from G-Unit that were locked up. Niggas brought me mad food, snacks, all types of [stuff], like, ‘Yo, [Tony] Yayo said you were coming through; here, you good.’ Mostly, it was all love, 99% love. I would say the 1% [that didn’t have love] was [when]…I would be outside going to the yard or something, and a nigga would wait for you to walk mad far and say something from a distance. ‘Yo, G-Unot,’ or some bullshit like that. That was the only thing I ever dealt with that was hate or a problem…other than that, it was all love, from C.O.s to inmates.”
The full interview can be seen below.
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My first day of college was better.
lmao I read between the lines
no sense in calling one who doubtful when i b the balling one
Gotta respect this dude. . He is maturing and I can’t wait to hear his new sound.
you think prodigy is mature? haha
wow fella just wow
ur mom’s pussy is really mature after i tapped that shit when i got out ace
100% HOMOSEXUAL LOVE THO
OLD ASS FART MONKEY
with a name like that we all know u just hidin in da close GAYLORD
Haven’t heard a really dope rhyme from him since Murda Muzik.
havent rally heard any rhymes from since ……..
This. He fell the FUCK off after Murda Muzik (which is underrated imo) he is 90’s icon that destroys his legacy more and more with any new track he releases. I’d rather listen to Saigon any day in 2011.
STFU IF U THINK THE LAST DOPE SHIT WAS FROM MURDA MUZIK.. HE HAD SOME REAL GOOD VERSES ON INFAMY, AMERIKAS NIGHTMARE.. BLOOD MONEY WAS TRASH THO
Prodigy, nobody gives a fuck you has-been ass nigga. Your last dope song was in like 98, get the fuck ouuta here son.
u dont give a fuck yet u clicked on it,and took time and posted a comment saying who “gives a fuck” sounds real haterish to me faggot
LMAO niggas was yelling G-unot at this clown
Game>G-unot
Indeed G Unot. Always talking rough shit and then arested for carrying a gun or smoking weed? Thats the dumbest shit i ever heard. But atleast Prodigy can now say he was in jail and is a gangster now.
Now its waiting that he will get arrested again for driving without a license or jaywalking. lol what a clown.
LMFAO
so what, youd rather another person be out there selling crack or shooting people?? your the fuckin idiot… he makes music about the life he went through.. music is all entertainment, with 5% truth involved.. i gravitate to listening to artists whose music you can feel, cause in the end, music is food for the spirit..
‘Thug it out???’ Funny, but I seem to remember he was more concerned about his ‘human rights’ and threatening to sue the state if he didn’t get proper treatment for his sickle cell.
I actually like P, but I’m never sure that his swagger is as thug as he would like everyone to think! The Jay-Z ‘almost beatdown’ story the other week was hilarious…!!
get off jigga’s cock, yes he could have got beat down.
He said thug it out for a minute, meaning there’s gonna be hardships you gonna be forced to deal with, not committe suicide and forget about your heath like a dum animal. Get off jigga’s cock!!
i bet u his first meal was a cock meat sandwich
ahahah, fucking hilarious, really I am tried of all the P article, all the time.
Yo I agree, I don’t care about it anymore. I used to like prodigy, until I realized he is dumber than I was when I was 14.
lol, all the posts are all bout haters… this rapper is a legend, he’s done a lot for rap… who cares if he’s not that good anymore.. he keps it real still unlike all the other rappers that became fags changin their style… eminem, for example. his shits whack now..
prodigy still keeps it real, even tho he’s not the same INFAMOUS rapper, he keeps it real.
Typical ‘rapper got outta jail’ euphoria, which will be away in a few months.
man niggas act like snacks and all that shit makes them forget they’re in jail…gtfoh
you must never have been to jail… nothin makes you forget your in there fuck boy… but snacks, comissary etc, make time in purgatory a lil bit more tolerable.. its making the best outta bad situation…
See “lil’ Boosie talks about his first days in prison” see my comment. and add “Prodigy” everytime you see the word “boosie” same basic shit
Yo, having been around the Hip-Hop game since the 90’s, Mobb Deep has put it down for Hip-Hop, but everyone that knows them have always said they’re nothing but studio gangsters. As the Guru once said, “Fake emcees, they always act hard, but won’t walk the streets without their bodyguards(G-Unit).” Every time I hear that Gangstarr joint, I think of Mobb Deep
g unot from way down there lmao
Why all this hate against mobb deep..you can like mobb deep and jay z
Jay is just another elvis to me now a wanna be, just like these new cats with there bottocks hanging off
Jay is a legend but has some of the most faggot fan base who try to make out the guy is a fucking saint
sometimes you can really see what an artist reps buy his fan base!
Never listened to any of his shit. Got his new mixtape a couple days ago and DAMM! Terrible, just flat out terrible. Fits in perfectly with the rest of the entire label.
You would think 50 could afford to sign better rappers. I’d also like to mention most people below me are retarded and the reason people who don’t listen to rap, think that people who DO listen to rap are like that.
PS: Up the font size on these comments. Damn, I’m goin’ blind trying to read this nonsense.
if it wasnt for him and alot of real niggaz from the 90s u wouldnt have classic hip hop go do ya homework u lil tight butt hugging jean basic rapper lover who is nuttin but a pop star on drake da fake and fag lilb or wiz bullshit/ no one will remeber them in 3 yearz but mobb deep and prodigy all ready are legends and aint neva gotta rap again if they choose u fuckin white mac miller one hit wonder bitch
u had me at “i never listen to him before” i knew u were a absolute idiot! if u aint ever listen to mobb deep ur favourite rappers are obviu=ously lil wayne drak bieber gaga n those types.. also his mixtape was hard!! he kinda got his old flow back which is ill
look at his picture, dudes like 12, wasnt even born when infamous came out
Yes, his newer stuff is absolutely terrible. No flow, whack ass lyrics and generic 08/15 beats. All those faggots, who are stuck in the past, are overrating this shit, they can’t admit that their favorite 90’s rapper is a washed up has been who has the skill-set of a random ass myspace rapper. Mobb Deep’s first two albums are undeniable classics, but that doesn’t affect my view on the music he’s doing nowadays, which is total GARBAGE! Try to be objective, the fact that his name is Prodigy doesn’t make it better, in fact, it’s even worse if you have in mind how capable he was in the past.
SHUT UP YOU GINGER YOU HAVE NO SOUL THEREFORE YOUR OPINIONS ARE NOT VALID
yea u made urself look lyke a jackass just now. stick to beiber and let real niggas listen to p.
hate on yayo all u want he is a wack rapper but real nigga!! dude was really hustling back in ht day he aint like 99% of these rappers who aint ever done shit
yea he proly made more money hustlin then he did off music! haha