Yeah, if this happened today this would be two separate 30 plus minute interviews with a lot of repetition and rambling. Sub chopped this shyt up lovely, even though he made Prodigy look stupid in the process.
I don't think he made P look stupid. P was sitting down by himself indoors and told a story where he took an L. By contrast, Lake was outside standing with his goons. Talking about how P got knocked out and robbed.
Also - have we ever figured out why P wouldn't talk about Tru Life? Was he that much more official than Lake?
Peep how P incriminates or shifts the blame to his people while he's trying to defend himself here.
"NOYD was mad late, so we didn't get there till like 1 AM"
"I was at the door, HAV turned back to me like "Fukk them nyggas, let's go, we gotta go perform"
"Matter fact I told GODFATHER PT. 3 to stay at the door to make sure they get in" (but they still didn't get in, right?)
Smh looking back at it, we shouldn't be shocked at the book at all.
All of that was probably true. Noyd was notoriously unreliable as I recall. Hav probably did say that - it would fit with what other posters are saying about how he approached Lake and them.
P obviously cared to some degree - I wouldn't be surprised if he left GOD there - remember P was performing that night - he didn't have time to deal with the situation I'd imagine.
Also - if this happened in 99 at the Murda Muzik release party - and Lake had come home a few weeks prior (as I understood it) why was P on the 41st compilation? And why was this bed basically unknown for like 5 years?
Well Lake already had P beat up and robbed, there wasn't really much else to do
Supreme facing life, I don't think he wants to add on to his problems by doing something to Prodigy. It would be pointless and detrimental.
I can see how what you're saying about Lake makes sense. But I could also see it going the opposite. Strong dude robs weak dude. Weak dude runs his mouth to people about what he's gonna do to strong dude. Strong dude beats him down again (as opposed to strong dude records mixtapes and does DVDs about weak dude).
Supreme has nothing holding him back - other than the death penalty. Outside of conspiracy to commit murder. He could have ordered him beat and robbed and had the benefit of getting sent to court for the trial.
Yup, yet P is somehow regarded as a p*ssy this dude is talking about some heavyweight goons here.
It doesn't make sense.
Sometimes I have this theory about P's recklessness, right.
Dude got sickle cell. I've seen firsthand what that does to some people. Combination of a lifetime of eating opiates, chronic pain and the thought of having a low life expectancy.
P really just may not give a shyt if he dies today.
Could be. Depends how well he manages his sickle cell.
He was just a naive kid from a decent family who tried to fit in with some project nikkas that have been knowing each other since grade school. They always considered him an outsider and treated him as such.
I wonder if none of this would have happened if Killa Black did t kill himself.
you right til this day mad nikkas was supposed to "see" prodigy . capone lake mike delorean
i think this is why pee jumped out the window with the g-unit tat.nikka had mad beef and running out of nikkas to vouch for him
son was claiming g-unit like a broke bytch claim a rich nikka
pee always trying to stand next to official nikkas to keep wolves off his ass from cormega e money bags littles to 50
Who's protecting him now? Alchemist?
WORD
ALSO P WAS MAD TIGHT WITH E MONEY BAGS AND HUNG WITH HIM RIGHT UP UNTIL HE WAS MURDERED
U DONT HANG WITH E MONEY BAGS AND BE p*ssy SON
NO WAY
JUST BY HANGING WITH HIM , U AROUND GANGSTA SHIZZ
ALSO P CALLED OUT SUPREME AND DIDNT GET TOUCHED AT ALL
P TAKES LOSES BECAUSE HE REALLY IN THE HOOD LIKE THAT
ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE DAY
DUDES LIKE 50 AND JAYZ NEVER ARE IN THE HOOD, THEY IN SUITS TALKING BOUT STREETS
MEANWHILE PRODIGY IN THE HOOD
AND AS FAR AS HAVOC BEING SMARTER THAN P BECAUSE HE DIDNT GET INTO BEEF- THATS ALSO CALLED BEING SCARED
IF U AINT INVOLVED YOU SCARED
ALSO P HAD ANOUGH WEIGHT IN QB TO GET HIS CHAIN BACK FROM LAKE
LAKE ALSO DIDNT TAKE P 1 ON 1
HE HAD MAD GOONS
The whole thing doesn't make sense. Lake let's the goons snuff P but not take his chain? But they get Noyd's chain?
na bags was really 50s mans.bags knew pee was p*ssy(everybody know). he hung around pee because he liked him as a artist n wanted to get into the rapgame n pee needed some leverage in the street.
prodigy knows 50 from hangin around bags.
as much as pee talks shyt when fif said" i do ya lil ass like jay did mobb deep" prodigy acted like he aint even hear that shyt because he know what it is. turned around and signed to the nikka.
so many quotables right here

i skull fukk ya mother

then i made u pay me... a few stacks a few verses nikka nothin crazy
in the hood the lil homies call you gary coleman
It seemed like within months P was signed to G Unit though.
Wolves always hang around weaker nikkas because they know they can manipulate them mentally and physically intimidate them. E Bags wasn't hanging around Prodigy because he was tough, E was hanging around Nas and Prodigy because he was trying to get on, and they used his name for some power in the streets. That connection was built off them needing each other, Bags saw P as an opportunity to get into music.
Preme and them wanted 50 with them as an artist, but they couldn't control him. nikkas in the street know who they can and can't strong-arm. P is a nikka that relies on protection of others.
This is on point. They were using one another. Does t mean they didn't genuinely like one another after they got to know one another.
I just think at the end of the day, shooting a celeb is more risky than shooting Joe Blow in the streets. Thats to whoever said why P aint get bucked.
Them nyggas know P aint no threat
No doubt. Why not beat him down and rob him again though?
COULD IT BE AS SIMPLE AS EMONEY BAGS AND P WERE JUST FRIENDS
EVERYBODY AINT SCHEMING OR ABOUT EXTORTION....
Could be they clicked after becoming friends to use each other.