Prodigy Mural In Queens Vandalized Less Than 24 Hours After Its Completion

A mural commemorating the late rapper Prodigy of the duo Mobb Deep was vandalized less than 24 hours after it appeared on the side of a Queens building.

The hip hop artist’s onetime friend and collaborator Cormega shared a photo of the defaced mural on Instagram Saturday.

“This is some sucker s--t,” Cormega captioned the photo.

White paint appeared to be splattered over the image of the legendary artist.

The mural was painted on the side of nonprofit Urban Upbound’s building on 13th Street and 40th Avenue, across from the housing project Prodigy grew up in.

A crew immediately began refurbishing the work of art.

"Return of The Mac. Mural being fixed," Cormega captioned a photo showing workers on scaffolding cleaning the piece.

Artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli “Eli Los” Lazare spent five days creating the mural.

The mural was painted on the side of nonprofit Urban Upbound’s building on 13th Street and 40th Avenue, across from the housing project Prodigy grew up in.

A crew immediately began refurbishing the work of art.

"Return of The Mac. Mural being fixed," Cormega captioned a photo showing workers on scaffolding cleaning the piece.

Artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli “Eli Los” Lazare spent five days creating the mural.

“I am honored to have curated this project and even more grateful in colaborting with the talented portrait artist @jeffhenriquezart—gracias hermano!” Lazare said.

Lazare said the pair of artists created the mural as a place for Prodigy’s friends and family to “see you and reminisce of the great memories they lived through you and by your side along your journey here on Earth.”

Fans of the musician were disturbed by the act of vandalism. “Ignorance...they know no better Rest easy Prodigy this is not a representation of your legacy !” one user wrote on Instagram.

“This is painful, Prodigy’s legacy is so much greater than this,” another supporter wrote.

Prodigy, whose real name was Albert Johnson, passed away last month at age 42, from complications related to sickle cell anemia, a condition he’d battled his whole life.

Havoc, the other half of Mobb Deep, was devastated by the death of his partner.

The pair released their first album together, “Juvenile Hell,” in 1993.

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