It's not everyday you hear of someone writing a cook book with the goal of making the world a better place, but that's exactly what Mobb Deep's Prodigy hopes to accomplish with his book of prison recipes.
Prodigy served a three year stint in state prison following a weapons conviction in 2007. The rapper suffers from sickle cell anemia, a condition which he says was worsened by the food served in prison, which Prodigy told Billboard was"... like slop. There’s glass and all sorts of crazy stuff in the food.” The rapper had to ask his family to send him vegetables in order to maintain his health, and he's hoping his new book, Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook, which is equal parts cook book and memoir, will not only teach people some healthy recipes, but will also educate readers about what life is like in prison and will hopefully motivate some reforms regarding how inmates are treated within the American prison system.
"The main reason I did the book was because of the food conditions in jail. I wanted to shed some light on how the food is not really healthy at all. There should be some reform, along with other things about prison that should be reformed," Prodigy told Billboard.
You can read Prodigy's full interview with Billboard, which also includes stories about how he learned how to cook while in prison and the lessons he's teaching his kids based on his own experiences.
Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook is out now and is available wherever books are sold.
By Michael Lacerna for RAPstation.com
