
| Two Hip Hop Notables Arrested on Weapons Charges |   |   |   | 
| Written by Keith ID3092 | 
| Thursday, 26 October 2006 23:14 | 
| Two Hip Hop Notables Arrested on Weapons Charges. Hip hop notable Prodigy, (born as Albert Johnson) half of the hip hop group Mobb Deep and Cali hip hop beat-maker The Alchemist (born as Alan Maman), who got his start as a member of the Latin hip hop group Cypress Hill affiliates The Whooliganz; were arrested yesterday in New York. After being stopped by NY police for a moving traffic violation in the Chelsea section of New York, police found a small caliber handgun in the vehicle. Both of the hip hop notables, Prodigy and The Alchemist, were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a hand gun. 
 According to news reports both were released on bail and no trial date has been set. | 

 Two Hip Hop Notables Arrested on Weapons Charges
 Two Hip Hop Notables Arrested on Weapons Charges