Prodigy of Mobb Deep Talks About his Infamous Life : June 7
Mobb Deep, Vanessa Williams and more in the Penthouse.
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The Infamous Is in the Building - Mobb Deep's Prodigy steps into the Penthouse to discuss everything from the lessons he learned in prison to his family tree and his new autobiography, My Infamous Life.(Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Talent Runs in the Family - Prodigy briefly discussed his family's history and how deep it runs: His mother sung in an R&B group called The Crystals, and his father sung in a group called The Chances. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Descended From Greatness - The big revelation: Prodigy's great-great-grandfather founded and built Morehouse College, one of the first historically black colleges in America.(Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Enter Vanessa Williams - Actress Vanessa Williams sits down with the most classy, most sassy Queen of Late Night. She is currently working on her one-woman play, Feet on the Ceiling. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Empowering Women - Williams said that women of color need to meet and empower one another. One of the purposes of her play is to help open up this discussion. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Ancestral Journey - Recently Williams took a DNA test to see which part of Africa she has roots in. According to Williams her ancestry can be traced to the Bamileke and Tikar people of the Cameroon. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Roots - Williams describes the discovery of her family's ancestry as her "own Alex Haley Roots". (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Sneak Peek - Vanessa Williams previews her one woman show, Feet on the Ceiling. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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Coming of Age - Feet on the Ceiling tells the tale of a young black woman's coming of age. As Williams puts it, "We have a plethora of coming-of-age stories about young boys, but I ain't never seen no story about a young girl's coming of age, her sexual coming of age. And certainly no brown girl's coming-of-age story." (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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The Penthouse Loves Ms. Smith - Simone Smith, wife of the hip-hop icon LL Cool J, drops by the Penthouse to discuss everything from marriage to her new jewelry line, Simone I. Smith. (Photo: Darnell Williams/BET)
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