Throwback: Happy 51st Birthday, Prodigy!

At this point, we’ve made it through about 90% of the year. It’s been a brutal soul-sucking slog of a year hasn’t it? But the show must go on as they say. 

So, November is a busy month of music birthdays. 

• Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Kiedis celebrated his 63rd birthday on November 1
• Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 1

As an obsessed audiophile, I pretty much grew up listening to Mobb Deep on the radio every single weekend in the 90s — and they were proud Queens boys, repping Queensbridge Houses so very hard. Mobb Deep’s Prodigy  was born 51 years ago today. 

Now, as we may recall we lost Prodigy eight years ago as a result of complications from sickle cell anemia, a few months shy of what would have been his 43rd birthday. Because he was four-and-a-half years older than me, his death hit close to hard. But today, let’s celebrate the man and his momentous, influential, gangsta as fuck music. 

Happy birthday, brother! Happy birthday, wherever you are.

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