I put Prodigy in his place on that Summer Jam screen
from Young Jeezy (Ft. Jay-Z) – Put On (Remix) Lyrics on Rap Genius
Prodigy was one of the two members of Mobb Deep. Prodigy had insulted Jay, supposedly by saying that New York rap had gotten soft. Jay-Z found a picture of Prodigy dressed up in a ballet outfit as a kid and put the picture on the big screen at the concert. Between this and his subsequent shots at Prodigy in “Takeover”, Jay-Z shattered Prodigy’s career (even Prodigy admits that his career will never be the same)
But what does this bit of mean-spiritedness have to do with putting on, Jay? Frankly, I find the digression somewhat off-putting…
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