: MediaTakeOut.com has learned that Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and been sentenced to three-and-a-half years behind bars.
The G-Unit rapper, whose real name is Albert Johnson -- was indicted on one charge of gun possession at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Tuesday.
The charge relates to Johnson's arrest last October, when New York cops pulled him over for making an illegal u-turn. A search of the car turned up an unlicensed .22-caliber pistol.
The 32-year-old initially claimed he didn't own the weapon, which was found in the compartment between his driver's seat and the front passenger seat, where hip-hop producer The Alchemist was sitting.
But midway through trial proceedings, Prodigy confessed to ownership of the gun and struck a deal with prosecutors. The agreement limited his jail term to just three-and-a-half years instead of the 15 years Prodigy, who faced his third gun charge, would likely receive.
I have to say one thing I always supported them cause when they first came out I was excited to hear someone my age telling how it is in the hood but it get to a point everyone has to grow up. Give me a little of what they have you would never see me in the hood unless it is to support some needy children in the neighborhood. Hold your head up baby bro. Peace Brooklyn forever!
This is upsetting because Prodigy is one of the best rappers from New York. He never stepped his game up still spittin' gun talk. That's what has made a lot of New York rap very boring as of late. Known for the most exquisite lyricism and wordplay, New York rappers got more to offer than talking about robbing and *** nayas. The Jay Z diss was detrimental but they survived that. The True Life ordeal was a motherfreakin' tko for them nayas. Nas had to raise up out of just talking about the streets. Albert should have been described life in other parts of the world in his rhymes or at least express the desirability of living in Queensbridge.
THIS IS A DUMB LIL DUDE...HE NEED TO GET OFF THE WHOLE THUG THING..IT DON'T WORK FOR HIM...YEARS AGO I PERSONALLY SAW HIM GET HIS *** HANDED TO HIM IN THE BRICK CITY(NEWARK, NJ)...AND RECENTLY SAIGON (MY DUDE!) HAMMERED HIS FACE ON STAGE...THIS THUGGIN THING AINT FOR YOU PRODIGY..AND MAYBE YOU'LL COME OUTTA JAIL AND BE A GOSPEL RAPPER..CAUSE IN THE JOINT YOU WILL MAN UP OR BE DEALT WITH...DON'T THESE RAPPERS KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TALK THAT TUFF STREET TALK ON WAX AND YOU GO IN THE HOOD...YOU WILL BE TESTED?..IN THIS CASE..HE WAS JUST DRIVING BUT HE DON'T THINK AT ALL...OH WELL....HOLD YA HEAD KID.
Thug my azz sit down I live in the hood and these cats are not playing. Grow Up for you find your azz dead these cats are not fighting no more check the local papers in the hood.
He is way old to be running around like that he need to worry about having a family and his health thats more important than some street ***.
All these so call hard thugs are really *** azz *** in drag for real! Where I'm from so much crime been jumping off and all you see is crying faces on the front page of the newspaper!
Now all that tough guy talk is gonna be put to the test. When he used to be "Da P" maybe he had a chance. Now that he's with G-Unit and has become V.I.P. he is gonna get tested. For his sake I hope he gets off, because I have seen this dude in person, and he is not only *** but mad thin, a real lightweight. Where was Hollywood Hav when all this Gat *** was going down. "Ain't no such thing as half way crooks."
