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Prodigy Mural Vandalized Hours After It Was Revealed  

White paint was splattered over the late rapper’s commemorative mural
Prodigy Mural Vandalized Hours After It Was Revealed
Prodigy (Nov. 2, 1974 – June 20, 2017)
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 26, 2020
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The new mural commemorating the late Prodigy was vandalized less than 24 hours after it was erected on a building in Queens.

Someone threw white paint over the mural of the legendary Mobb Deep rapper.

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“This is some sucker s—t,” rapper Cormega captioned an Instagram photo of the defaced mural.

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Painted by artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli Lazare, the huge portrait of the rapper was erected on a building in Queens.  

By Saturday evening, the mural was already being cleaned up: “Return of The Mac. Mural being fixed,” Cormega captioned a photo showing workers on scaffolding cleaning the piece.
 

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