On June 20, 2017, it was reported that Prodigy had died at the Spring Valley Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, while hospitalized for complications related to his sickle-cell anemia. He was performing in the Art of Rap Tour in Las Vegas with Havoc, Ghostface Killah, Onyx, KRS-One, and Ice-T when he was hospitalized.

What rapper died of sickle cell?

The hip-hop world mourned the death of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy on June 20 after he died while hospitalized in Las Vegas for complications caused by sickle cell anemia.

Who has sickle cell in MOBB Deep?

MOBB Deep rapper Prodigy died in June 2017 after choking on an egg while hospitalised following a sickle cell anaemia crisis.