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Prodigy (Musician)

LC control no.n 2003083363
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.P97527 Biography
PS3616.R635
Personal name headingProdigy (Musician)
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Variant(s)Johnson, Albert, 1974-2017
LocatedQueens (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1974-11-02
Death date2017-06-20
Place of birthHempstead (N.Y.)
Place of deathLas Vegas (Nev.)
Field of activityRap (Music)
AffiliationMobb Deep (Musical group)
Queensbridge Houses (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationRap musicians
Special noteDo not confuse with: Young Prodeje (Rapper)
Found inProdigy (Musician). H·N·I·C, 2000 (Prodigy)
U.S. copyright file, Mar. 3, 2006 (Albert Johnson a.k.a. Prodigy)
Wikipedia, Mar. 3, 2006 (Prodigy; b. Albert Johnson, Nov. 2, 1974, Queensbridge, New York; American rapper; member of Mobb Deep)
New York times WWW site, viewed June 21, 2017 (in obituary published June 20: Prodigy; b. Albert Johnson, Nov. 2, 1974, Hempstead, N.Y.; d. Tuesday [June 20, 2017], Las Vegas, aged 42; hard-nosed Queens rapper who kiln-fired New York hip-hop into a thing of unhurried attitude and stoic elegance as half of the duo Mobb Deep; his lyrics were brutal evocations of cruel street life in the Queensbridge housing projects)
Associated languageeng