Prodigy Defends His "Beat It" Jacket

Prodigy of Mobb Deep may be behind bars but that he's not out of the loop. Like most people, P heard about the biggest music loss of the year and he caught the BET Awards, which honored Michael Jackson's legacy.

Prodigy spoke to XXLmag.com about what Jackson meant to him as a child. And yes, he brought up that infamous summer jam saga as proof of his MJ obsession as a child. Proceed to read Prodigy's statement.

From XXLmag.com: One of the remarks Foxx made in particular struck a chord with the Queens rapper. "He said everybody used to dress like Michael Jackson when they was a little kid," Prodigy noted, bringing up the time that Jay-Z exposed a photo of him as a child dressed up like MJ, in order to discredit the MC. "You know I like that part 'cause certain n**gas "Oh yeah Prodigy had the "Beat It" jacket on when he was eight years old, like tryna discredit me like there's something wrong with that. Nah ain't nothing wrong with that and everybody knows and it's sad that Michael Jackson had to die but now everybody's professing, "oh I loved Michael Jackson when I was little too. Oh now it's okay."

"Rest in peace, Michael Jackson," he added. "Cause I damn sure thought I was Michael when I was a little kid. I wanted to be Michael Jackson, I wanted to be a celebrity like Michael. He did a lotta things I ain't agree with later on in life but overall that was a good muthaf*cka right there. That was an excellent person, with his music and what he contributed to the music world. Perfect, excellent."

Bottom line: Prodigy gets the last laugh. I wonder what Jay-Z has to say about this.