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Rapper Prodigy Starts Gun Trial; Faces 15 Years In Prison 
Published Friday, October 05, 2007 11:32 AM
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By Mile Winslow

Mobb Deep's Prodigy's trial for handgun possession started yesterday in New York.

 

Police stopped the G-Unit member's Chevy Suburban last October, after they witnessed Prodigy driving the opposite direction on a one way street, in an attempt to secure a parking spot in the Chelsea district of Manhattan.

 

According to the New York Post, two plainclothes officers testified yesterday (October 4) that they pulled over the armored SUV around 2:00 am on October 26, 2006, after witnessing Prodigy and passenger/producer The Alchemist make the illegal turn.

 

Both officers testified they witnessed Prodigy place has hand near or on the open console, where police allegedly found a loaded, unlicensed .22 caliber handgun.

 

Police said they had the right to search the car due to the hand motions of Prodigy and because of the SUV's heavily armored doors and reinforced windows.

 

Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, claims he had no idea the gun was in the compartment.

 

The rapper already has two convictions.

 

A third conviction could land him in prison for up to 15-years.

 

Gun charges against The Alchemist were dismissed, while Prodigy will start his defense on Tuesday (October 9).


Comments

 

Ballerina P Heads To Trial · SickHop - The Sickest HipHop Site in The World! said:

October 5, 2007 11:47 AM
 

ya future father said:

thats fucked up
October 5, 2007 11:52 AM
 

SagNasty989 said:

I don't too much care fa mob deep but I hope Prodigy beat this..man fuck the police..with the shit that happened to pac n biggie rap niggas would be stupid to NOT have a bullet proof vest/vehicle...police must want those bullets to penetrate so they gotta problem with it...as long as blacks DON'T protect themselves they fine with it..but once we protect ourselves they wanna call us criminals and arrest us..FUCK THE POLICE!
October 5, 2007 12:03 PM
 

MISS INCREDIBLE said:

Come on NYC  give that man a break!  If YOU were lil like that man and always getting robbed and had that cocky attitude/big mouth you'd need to hold heat too!  =(  I hope he beats it cause i know prodigy just holding for protection he aint gonna "bust his gunz"...  
October 5, 2007 12:17 PM
 

one-time said:

dat nigga pushing a armored burban damn.....I guess the HIP HOP police strike again!
October 5, 2007 12:27 PM
 

K.A.K. DEUCE said:

I DON'T KNO MUCH BOUT "THE MOBB" BUT HAVOC AND PRODIGY ARE SUM SUCKAZ. AND I DON'T WANNA HEAR NUTHIN ABOUT THEM NIGGIZ BUZTIN "BIG" GUNZ. A 22??? WHAT WAZ HE TRYIN TO DO, KILL SUM 1 OR PISS THEM OFF? LOL MY FIRZT GUN FRESHMAN YEAR WAS A 22, THAT'Z A STARTER PISTOL.

THEZE NIGGIZ IZ ILL! I KNO 12 YEAR OLDZ THAT KARRY BIGGA GUNZ THAN THAT! NO WONDER THEY ALWAYZ GETTIN CHEKKED IN NYC. THEY AIN'T GOT NO HEAT!
October 5, 2007 12:31 PM
 

bmarbless said:

Stupid of him with the illegal turn.  That gave them reason to muck with him in the first place.  No traffic stop, no problems.
October 5, 2007 12:34 PM
 

MixtapeDJs.net said:

Mannnnnn.... If dude gotta got to jail.. at least have a 9mm or something! LOL






Now Go Buy Some Mixtapes!
October 5, 2007 12:39 PM
 

realniggatalk said:

THAT NIGGA BET NOT GO TO JAIL OR HE STRAIGHT FOOD.  THEY GOT FAGGOTS IN THERE THAT MIGHT BEAT HIS ASS AND YOU KNOW
October 5, 2007 12:50 PM
 

Whiskey Sour said:

"G O D S O N.................getting bagged wit .22s, now yous a ridiculous fuck...."
October 5, 2007 12:51 PM
 

TWON THE DON said:

ass hole
fuck it
if my brother had to go
then everybody gotta
he a bad ass he will be ok
October 5, 2007 1:01 PM
 

Harlem_Mami said:

OMG, I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WEELLL FOR HIMMM
October 5, 2007 1:03 PM
 

infamous118 said:

If he think that punch saigon gave him was somethin wait til them niggas in jail get at him lmfao
October 5, 2007 1:14 PM
 

ron art said:

free Prodigy!


LOL!
October 5, 2007 1:15 PM
 

Erauno said:

damn P...hope he beats that shit...even though mobb fell off hard
October 5, 2007 1:22 PM
 

Hoodgrown said:

Yeah... hopefully he'll beat it like Jada did...


@Miss Incredible..
damn.. you look.... INCREDIBLE!!! LOL....








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October 5, 2007 1:26 PM
 

J Dot Keyz said:

How about niggas need to stop being dumb as fuck and get gun permits so they can legallly carry a concealed weapon?  Oh yea, that would be too intelligent.

And if he can't get a permit because he has a felony that his damn fault.  Either way you look at it, he was in the wrong and if he's found guilty he needs to just do his time and take responsiblilty for his actions.  Stop defending rappers just because there rappers.  If I get bagged for weed I got no one to blame but myself and will have to deal with the consequences, we need to stop defending people who are knowingly fuckin up just because their famous.
October 5, 2007 1:36 PM
 

da bul Reef said:

YA'LL MISSIN DA POINT THO, HOW COME CHARGES AGAINST DAT WHITE PUSSY DA ALCHEMIST WERE DISMISSED?
October 5, 2007 1:36 PM
 

Hoodgrown said:

"How about niggas need to stop being dumb as fuck and get gun permits so they can legallly carry a concealed weapon?  Oh yea, that would be too intelligent. "

Yeah.. that would be the correct way to go about it..

BUT

1. NYC is EXTREMELY hard to get a gun permit in. They put your ass through the ringer.

2. If you have any prior convictions, it's a wrap!!!







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October 5, 2007 1:55 PM
 

TalentedDJ said:

How about niggas need to stop being dumb as fuck and get gun permits so they can legallly carry a concealed weapon?  Oh yea, that would be too intelligent.

And if he can't get a permit because he has a felony that his damn fault.  Either way you look at it, he was in the wrong and if he's found guilty he needs to just do his time and take responsiblilty for his actions.  Stop defending rappers just because there rappers.  If I get bagged for weed I got no one to blame but myself and will have to deal with the consequences, we need to stop defending people who are knowingly fuckin up just because their famous.

I GOTTA AGREE WIT YA FAM. AND STOP GIVIN NIGGAS PASSES JUST CAUSE THEY BLACK TOO. THAT SHIT IS MAD IGNORANT!
October 5, 2007 1:56 PM
 

K.A.K. DEUCE said:

@ DA BUL REEF:

ALCHEMIST WAS THE PASSENGER PIMP, AND UNLESS THE HEAT WAS UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SEAT OR IN HIS POSSESSION THE DRIVER/OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING FOUND IN THE JOINT. IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING IF IT HAPPENED IN A HOUSE.
October 5, 2007 2:02 PM
 

YoungSosaDaDon said:

Another L for Mobb Deep ha ha
October 5, 2007 2:11 PM
 

jam x. said:

shit is fucked up maan pro 15 the life is a hard one
damn rapper p hopefully got a good lawyer
October 5, 2007 2:20 PM
 

junclassic said:

That shit aint funny. Thats another Black man about to be put thru the system. A man with kids and a family.

Damn, where's the love?

$1

junclassic
October 5, 2007 2:21 PM
 

mu$h da great said:

@da bul reef anytime some shit is a car an your the driver your automatically held responsible had the gun been on alchemist they both would be in trouble but since the gun was in the glove of his armored truck its on him.
October 5, 2007 2:29 PM
 

JayHood167 said:

K.A.K U IGNIT MOFO A GUN IS A GUN A BULLET IN THE HEAD KILLS. U SOUND SO STUPID TALKIN BOUT U KNOW 12YR OLDS THAT GOT BIGGER GUNS YOU SHOULD BE A MAN AND TRY N GET THEM YOUNGIN'S 2 START THINKIN BOUT SCHOOL . THATS WHY THIS WORLD IS SO FUCKED UP NOW AS A PARENT AND A PRODUCT OF THE SOUTH BRONX I KNOW FOR A SURE THAT GUNS AINT GOOD FOR NUTHIN BUT WASTIN LIVES. YOU KILL SOMEONE (YEA U GANGSTA) BUT UR LIFE IS OVA AND SO IS THE PERSON U KILLED ITS A LOSE LOSE SITUATION.

JAYHOOD167
October 5, 2007 2:29 PM
 

shani said:

he ain't gettin 15 years don't believe the hype
18 months maybe
October 5, 2007 2:33 PM
 

beathead said:

October 5, 2007 2:36 PM
 

GameTime33409 said:

Even though i dont like g unit i want prodigy to beat this case!!
October 5, 2007 2:39 PM
 

mu$h da great said:

if you ridin wit any thing that's gone get you locked up or searched common sense should tell you follow the motherefuckin traffic laws. put yo belt on, cut that radio down etc. I don't like to see nobody get locked up for no bullshit but that was a dummy move. lol thats all they had in  that tank.  you a have to shoot a ninja right in brain wit that.    
October 5, 2007 2:45 PM
 

jaeda said:

First of all if 50 is P's man, P should have the best lawyer money could buy!!! I feel P for carrying a gun though. He have to protect his life because its niggas out there that will try you. Stack Bundles, Big, Pac for example. Hip-hop police must want a rapper shot dead so they can pretend to solve it. We all know they could find a murderer if the murderer turned himself in to them. So, Im down for a nigga protecting his life, as long as he not robbing and threating niggas for no reason with the gun.
October 5, 2007 2:46 PM
 

mu$h da great said:

@k.a.k duece my messages post late I see you answered the q lol .
October 5, 2007 2:49 PM
 

K.A.K. DEUCE said:

@ JAYHOOD167:

NIGGA IZ U SUPPOZED TO BE KONSCIOUS OR SUMTHIN? AND U KALL URSELF "JAYHOOD..." GET THA FUKK OUTTA HERE WIT THAT STUPID SHYT. IF U KNU ANYTHING ABOUT GUNZ U WOULD KNOW 22 BULLETZ KAN'T EVEN PIERCE THE SKULL UNLESS IT'Z AT POINT BLANK RANGE. SO MY QUEZTION IZ HOW "HOOD" ARE U NIGGA? KALLIN URSELF HOOD AND THEN TALKIN ABOUT "GUNS AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN BUT WASTIN LIVES..." I KNO THAT NIGGA! U ARE A TRU TO LIFE OXY"MORON."

AND JUZT KAUZE I SAID I KNO LIL NIGGIZ WIT BIGGER GUNZ THAN THAT DON'T MEAN I PROMOTE DELINQUENCY. I GOT A BACHELOR'S IN AKKOUNTING NIGGA AND IF U KNU ME AT ALL U WOULD KNO THAT ALL I TELL PEOPLE IZ GET AN EDUKATION SO U KAN TAKE THAT FAKE KONSCIOUSNESS STIKK IT UP UR ASS AND SET FIRE TO IT.

AND NEXT TIME GROWN FOLKZ IZ TALKIN SHUT THA FUKK UP HEAR!?!
October 5, 2007 2:53 PM
 

DSheezy said:

A .22?

MAN PLEASE
October 5, 2007 2:55 PM
 

K.A.K. DEUCE said:

@MU$H DA GREAT:

IT'Z ALL GOOD!
October 5, 2007 2:57 PM
 

SELASOLJER said:

who cares if its a 22 its a heat,,,if yall dudes knew anything bout guns yalll wouldn't be making dumb ignorant remarks bout what he's packin...what u expect homie to stash a 45 in the center console... come on man stop with the dumb shit.....i don't even like mobb deep but to shit on dude cause he carrying a 22 is the dumbest shit i read on here...
October 5, 2007 3:18 PM
 

hazeiam said:

yea...for once i am with the ignorance....shit, he gotta protect himself at all times....sad but true...aint no one trying to be the next big, pac, big L or whoever...and they aint even solving them cases...
October 5, 2007 3:26 PM
 

mu$h da great said:

I'm not condoneing violence but  if you feel like your life iz being threatned by all means protect yourself. you can't fight ninjas wit bullets. anything could happen at any time. my dude brother got killed a month and a half ago over some bullshit. he was at the gas station if you been to cleveland you know after the club certain gas stations be jumpin. ninjas post up wit there cars, chop it wit broads till the boys break that shit up. make a long story short some dude was talkin shit to my ninja brother about some girl he hugged in the gas station. bro piped up alwayz but he told dude shoot the fair one, put hiz piece down & put up hiz handz. this nigga pull his gun & my man get to tusslein wit the gun he get shot in the hand & in the neck. ninjas do not play fair out here. my other dude got shot in the back of the head after he turned hiz back when some ninjas he know  tried to set him up to get robbed he aint make it either. killing & violence some unecessary bullshit but shit happens and I can completely understand not wanting to be victim                            r.i.p brandon jones  & maurco ayers  
October 5, 2007 3:33 PM
 

Pistolvania 717 said:

The NYPD are very corrupt.  
October 5, 2007 4:45 PM
 

J.Roc. said:

Y'all Are really hatin on Dude cause his gun wasnt big enuff?....

ANYBODY DOING SO IS A CLOWN.  

And Just For Some History, a 22 is an Assassin's gun,Get Up Real Close pop 1 in the head and the shell bounces around inside your skull, tearing the brain matter apart and leaving you dead.  
October 5, 2007 6:30 PM
 

K.A.K. DEUCE said:

FOR ALL U PRODIGY/MOBB DEEP POLE-HOLDERZ THAT THINK IT'Z KOOL TO TALK LIKE U GOT A BAZOOKA WHEN U RUNNIN ROUND WIT A .22. I ONCE HEARD A NIGGA SAY IF U NOT A BIG DOG STAY YA PUPPY ASS ON THA PORCH!

U GO HEAD AND COP U A .22 WHILE NIGGIZ LIKE ME PULL OUT .40z AND Kz ON THA ASS. THAT'Z DAMN NEAR THE EQUIVALENT OF BRINGIN A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT. SO WHILE UR SHIT'Z JUZT POPPIN, OTHA NIGGIZ SH!T GONE BE BLOAWIN!
October 5, 2007 7:01 PM
 

Pistolvania 717 said:

@ J.Roc.


I saw an episode on the History Channel where some mob boss was shot in the head about 6 times with a .22 caliber pistol (at close range) and the bullets didn't even pierce his skull.
If you want something that's going to get the job done, you're not going to use a .22.  
I'm not hating on Prodigy or Al, Al, Al, Al, Al, Al Alchemist for carrying a .22, that would just be dumb.
October 5, 2007 9:05 PM
 

PEACETOTHEREAL1 said:

Most of you niggas posting on here are talking ass backwards. A 22 is small enough to conceal on your person which is why they're made. A 22 caliber bullet can kill you just like anything else especially when the bullet ricochets inside your body and pierces your organs. This shit will be dropped, the nigga had a pistol but I don't think the police had probable cause at all. People have the right to drive armored cars and that's not a reason to search the god damn car. Look for P to get no time on this shit....unless New Yorkers are retarded. m-16's bust 22 caliber bullets....yup.
October 5, 2007 9:32 PM
 

slimturk said:

@ J Dot Keyz,

I like your post....this is very true....do the crime do the time....we are all adults and humans....get a permit then...

@ da reel reef,

Honestly, it dont matter what color your skin is these days.....its all about money...isn't the alchemist signed with shady or does business with g unit or shady...something like i that i think...i have a bad memory trying to remember all this hiphop record deals, etc...

In most cases Prodigy will get off...maybe a one year probation or one year in jail....nothing serious though....This is life with money....they got money....or atleast we got to hope that he still got his money from back in the days and from all his current album sales etc...

@ shani,

we have the same minds...he has celebrity status...

@ jaeda,

You got that right bro....P is 50's man....this is why anyone stating and thinking P going to jail....adjust that thought of serious jail time etc...50 got money to blow away....Im sure that 50 cent will help his soldiers out in the time of need...

******************************

Anyways, Snoop got off, Eminem got off, Shall we continue to list the people who have MONEY who have gotten off some serious crimes!!!! .....Even Puffy or diddy got off ....Shyne was punished and so was the one guy from bone thugs n harmony...If i had money like these famous celebrities or if you had there type of money....you would be set in life aswell folks...

Im honestly tired of people thinking that RICH go to jail....

sry to bore with so much writing...
October 6, 2007 12:08 AM
 

JREAL337LA said:

YEA MAYNE I GOTTA AGREE THAT THESE RAPPERS NEED TO START GETTING PERMITS FOR THEIR SHIT. ITS CRAZY THOUGH BECAUSE ITS ALWAYS THE RAPPERS THAT WE ALL KNOW WONT USE HIS GUN THAT GETS CAUGHT WITH HIS GUN. REAL NICCAS KNOW HOW TO CONCEAL.

WARNER ROBINS, AND MACON GA WASSUP IM IN STOCKBRIDGE. ILL BE THERE THOUGH!
October 6, 2007 2:09 AM
 

JREAL337LA said:

YEA MAYNE I GOTTA AGREE THAT THESE RAPPERS NEED TO START GETTING PERMITS FOR THEIR SHIT. ITS CRAZY THOUGH BECAUSE ITS ALWAYS THE RAPPERS THAT WE ALL KNOW WONT USE HIS GUN THAT GETS CAUGHT WITH HIS GUN. REAL NICCAS KNOW HOW TO CONCEAL.

WARNER ROBINS, AND MACON GA WASSUP IM IN STOCKBRIDGE RITE NOW. ILL BE THERE THOUGH!
October 6, 2007 2:09 AM
 

los angeles 562 said:

damn prodigy is whatever but miss incredible up there is fine as fuck!!!
October 6, 2007 9:17 AM
 

WiseGuy1 said:

@ slimturk

50 will help out his soldiers in thier time of need? Yeah tell that shit to Bang'em Smurf.
October 6, 2007 9:36 AM
 

HoodProphet said:

Im all for fighting the corrupt system but some shit is just dumb.

Hey Im young black and rich, I know they be watching me and dont mind putting me in jail...

so what do I do...

Drive around with a loaded illegal gun.  wtf!?

Theres a thin line between injustice and stupidity.

No protest on this one, just hands folded shaking my head.

Aint dat dude 30 something at that?
October 6, 2007 11:12 AM
 

murK said:

at least he got g-unit money to fight the case, but damn that was stupid, 15 years?
October 6, 2007 11:28 AM
 

v4vendetta said:

I'm with hood proph on that one. All of that death-gun talk in your songs and even referencing the illuminati should have you on point! The beast is watchin' so why have a dirty one? Why not have a goon hold it in case you have to murk somethin'? Why do anything illegal including a turn up a street if you dirty? We need a ten commandments for two-time felons on this one!
October 6, 2007 11:50 AM
 

NYCE said:

Prodigy disrespects God so I don't care if he gets life.

NY cops are dirty and we both from queens so he knows that just as much as anybody else. Saying that if he chose to still drive down a one way street the wrong way good for him.

October 6, 2007 12:48 PM
 

westcoastmob said:

.22 my bro got 18 months for a sks wit 30 in the clip the police said it was never fired but i know better . time 4 the jew unit to get the charges dropped
October 6, 2007 1:56 PM
 

TWON THE DON said:

FUCK A 22
SHOOT A NIGGA THE FEAR1
CAUSE AINT NO GUNS IN JAIL
TELL ALL YOU PUSSIES ASS SHOOTER
WHAT YO BOXING GAME LIKE
ONLY PUSSIES PULL PISTOLS
I'LL GO TOE TO TOE AGAINST ANY HOE
THEY DON'T MAKE MY KIND ANY MO!!
October 6, 2007 2:12 PM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » Prodigy Gun Possession Trial Begins said:

October 6, 2007 4:02 PM
 

syheem said:

so prodigy gets charged with the burna...and Alchemist charges are dropped.....HHHHMMMMMM...........
October 6, 2007 4:03 PM
 

KINGDONG said:

STUPID
October 7, 2007 2:02 AM
 

Pistolvania 717 said:

@ PEACETOTHEREEL


M-16's shoot .22's ?!?!?!??!

FALSE

AR's and M-16s shoot  .223 , not .22's   STUPID

It's a bigger version of a .22, with more powder and more kick!
October 7, 2007 1:10 PM
 

Streetweyez Sayles said:

One of my closest friends died from being shot with a .25. Just like a .22 they are small, easily concealable, and the bullets do travel. He actually died because his first reaction when he was shot was to run, and then the bullet traveled and he died from the shock. You cats making fun of the 22 are faking. Getting shot with any kind of gun aint no laughing matter.

While a larger caliber weapon has a greater impact, a weapon like the AR-7 fully automatic that shoots .22 bullets with the electronic sights is some serious firepower. The Luger .22 auto are all serious weapons. I don't know what type of .22 he had so making fun of his gun because it was .22 sounds somewhat silly. I hope P beats this charge. It's better to catch a gun charge than be sitting in the morgue. I mean there are other options. You can always stay at home or hire a bodyguard.

"Frontier Slang"
http://www.myspace.com/streetweyezsayles
October 7, 2007 2:56 PM
 

slimturk said:

@ WiseGuy1,

Well if they didnt have beef with each other I'm sure 50 Cent would have helped Bang 'Em Smurf out.....but as soon as friends have beef....there is no going back....

How can you trust someone that you just finished having beef with?   Something is bound to happen....Life Goes on....

Silverback Guerillaz will never be able to make it into hiphop industry spotlight...
October 8, 2007 3:31 AM
 

Water Ur Seeds said:

ALC shud take this casr for P, I doubt He got any strikes against Him
October 8, 2007 4:49 AM
 

Boss Up said:

Isn't that Prodigy album comin out soon?
October 8, 2007 9:19 AM
 

WiseGuy1 said:

@slimturk

Why you think they got beef? Bang'em was Fif's man then he got locked down and 50 refused to pay his bail. Bang'em Smurf comes home and was pissed off cuz he had held 50 down for so long and he couldn't go in to his piggy bank to get his boy out. Next thing you know they beefin'
October 8, 2007 10:05 AM
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