My Infamous Life, Albert Prodigy Johnson, with Laura Checkoway
My Infamous Life, Albert Prodigy Johnson, with Laura Checkoway
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My Infamous Life
The Autobiography of Mobb Deeps Prodigy

Author: Albert Prodigy Johnson, with Laura Checkoway

Narrator: Albert Prodigy Johnson

Unabridged: 14 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/19/2011


Synopsis

Free bonus music, including three neverbeforereleased singles, exclusive with the audiobook! In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deeps Prodigy tells his muchanticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope on the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, his battles with drugs, his life of crime, his relentless suffering with sicklecell anemia, and much more. Recently released after serving three and a half years in state prison, Prodigy is ready to talk about his life as one of raps greatest legends. My Infamous Life is an unblinking account of Prodigys wild times with Mobb Deep, who alongside rappers like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, JayZ, and the WuTang Clan, changed the musical landscape with their vivid portrayals of early 90s street life. It is a firsthand chronicle of legendary rap feuds like the East CoastWest Coast rivalry. Taking listeners behind the smokeandmirrors glamour of the hiphop world, Prodigy lays down the truth about the intoxicating power of money, the meaning of true friendship, and the ultimately redemptive power of self. This is the heartbreaking journey of a child born in privilege, his youth spent among music royalty like Diana Ross and Dizzie Gillespie, and educated in private schools, until a family tragedy changed everything. Raised in the mayhem of the Queensbridge projects, Prodigy rose to dizzying heights of fame and eventually fell into the darkness of a prison cell. A truly candid memoir, part fearless confessional and part ode to the concrete jungles of New York City, My Infamous Life is written by a man who was on the front line of the last great moment in hiphop history and who is still fighting to achieve his very own American Dream. Music score by the The Alchemist and Twizz the Beat Pro

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nnedi on August 04, 2017

All memoirs by rappers should be read the rappers. I am soooooo glad I bought the audio version of this. As a big fan of Mobb Deep and Prodigy, himself, I couldn't have made a better choice. I took a lot of this with a grain of salt. Rappers brag, they twist things to shine on them, that's endemic t......more

Goodreads review by Tamyka on March 06, 2024

Rounded up from 3.5. This is one of the first memoirs or autobiographies that actually made me like the person less. I thought this memoir/autobiography lacked humility and vulnerability and I remembered things happening in real time differently than his updates and therefore I was unable to trust o......more

Goodreads review by Cav on March 13, 2025

"I’ve been in the music industry since I was sixteen years old, touring the world, selling millions of albums—groupies, drugs, alcohol, sex, radio, TV, magazines, videos, money, jewelry, cars, fashion, rap verses, beats, and studios at my disposal nonstop for seventeen years straight. Nonstop..." My......more

Goodreads review by Laila on July 07, 2017

I was a big Mobb Deep fan so when I heard that Prodigy died recently, I checked this out. It's not a great book and he could have used some much tighter editing. However, it was interesting to find out more about his life story, but I would have loved to know more about his family, his travels while......more

Goodreads review by James on November 01, 2024

Just a lot of cheating and beating up random security people really, not a lot of insight, character or vulnerability. The only thing that would have made me give 4 stars is the silly little voice he did when quoting anyone else.......more