Mural Honoring Mobb Deep’s Prodigy Taken Down After Repeated Vandalism

*A huge mural honoring late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy had to be taken down on Monday after it had been vandalized multiple times.

On Saturday (July 8), artists Henriquez and Lazare had unveiled their homage on a wall of the Urban Upbound building on 13th Street and 40th Avenue in Queensbridge, New York, only for the mural to be defaced with white paint the following day.

Henriquez and Lazare returned on Sunday (July 9), to fix the mural. Then, news of a second act of vandalism was reported, after red paint was discovered on the mural.

The artists decided after the second defacing to take down the mural.

“Due to repeated vandalism of @prodigymobbdeep’s tribute, the mural is now being removed. We will remember Prodigy with or without a mural though, his legacy will live on! #RIPProdigy,” reads the radio station’s Instagram post.

View the unfortunate chain of events below:

Done! “TO ALL THE KILLAZ AND THE HUNDRED DOLLA BILLAZ! “Big up to @elementsofstyle_nyc for inviting me to collaborate on this piece for @mobbdeepqb #ripprodigy #hiphop #prodigy #streetart #streetartnyc #sprayart #aerosol #urbanart #outdoorart #publicart #graffart #graff #mural #muralart #jeffhenriquezart_ #streetarteverywhere #streetartphotography #newyork #queensbridge #montanacans #realism #portrait #tattoos #music

A post shared by Jeff Henriquez (@jeffhenriquezart_) on Jul 7, 2017 at 7:36pm PDT

The mural honoring late rapper #Prodigy has been ruined for the second time after it was recently reported that it was destroyed the first time hours after its completion (Swipe to see when it was first destroyed)

A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Jul 10, 2017 at 6:52am PDT

Started the day on a negative note so let’s end it on a positive one. Major props to @jeffhenriquezart_ and @elementsofstyle_nyc for coming right back out to redo the #Prodigy tribute mural at #queensbridge. #jeffhenriquezart #elementsofstylenyc #prodigymobbdeep #ripprodigy #mobbdeep

A post shared by Raphael Gonzalez (@zurbaran1) on Jul 8, 2017 at 5:50pm PDT

Due to repeated vandalism of @prodigymobbdeep’s tribute, the mural is now being removed. We will remember Prodigy with or without a mural though, his legacy will live on! #RIPProdigy

A post shared by HOT 97 (@hot97) on Jul 10, 2017 at 11:24am PDT

So far, no suspects in the acts of vandalism have been identified.

Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, passed away on June 20 due to complications of his sickle cell anemia.