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Prodigy’s Cause Of Death Ruled As Accidental Choking

Mobb Deep’s Prodigy poses for a photo, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in New York. The Queens rapper, half the ’90s hardcore duo with Havoc, has written a book with journalist Kathy Iandoli called “commissary kitchen: my infamous prison cookbook.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Prodigy's official cause of death has been ruled as accidental choking, TMZ reports. The legendary Mobb Deep rapper, who passed away in June, reportedly choked on an egg in the hospital while receiving treatment for sickle cell anemia after performing a Las Vegas concert in severe heat. He was 42.

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