Hit-Boy is lastly starting to return round to the concept his father Huge Hit’s forbidden twin is none apart from the late Mobb Deep lyricist, Prodigy.
It began after a Prodigy fan web page on Twitter (X) replied to a tweet wherein Hit-Boy was really selling his upcoming Black & Whites collaborative album with The Alchemist, which Huge Hit can also be part of through the LP’s lead single, “Foreclosures.”
In a reply throughout the authentic thread shared, the fan web page shared a pair of pictures of P’s frequent collaborator side-by-side with Prodigy, compared with Huge Hit, to which the West Coast producer couldn’t assist however see the resemblance.
“Is Huge Hit secretly Prodigy,” the fan web page wrote within the tweet.
Hit-Boy replied, revealing it wasn’t the primary time he’s fielded theories from his followers evaluating his father to the East Coast rap legend.
“This image makes me see what y’all be saying when y’all inform me Huge Hit appears like Prodigy,” Hit-Boy wrote.
He additionally retweeted a comment from one other consumer, who went a step additional than simply evaluating Huge Hit and P’s likeness by breaking down how their shared backgrounds additionally signaled an otherworldly connection between the pair.
“Even deeper than that Hit, Pops/Prodigy… South Central Cartel… Havoc/Prodeje,” the consumer wrote. “Despite the fact that Pops appear to be the West Coast Havoc too…however you get the place I’m going with it.”
Via The Alchemist’s collaborative historical past with Prodigy within the early 2000s, his reference to Huge Hit through Hit-Boy definitely harkens again moments of déjà vu resulting from how prolific each lyricists are. Even nonetheless, Alchemist’s work producing tracks for Mobb Deep’s 2001 album, Infamy, will ceaselessly go down in Hip-Hop historical past. In a way, Huge Hit has a big void to fill in Prodigy’s absence with regards to recreating the mixture of genuine, darkish, introspective lyricism and the haunting manufacturing that cemented P and Alchemist’s standing as a formidable duo.
Try the tweet above.