"Every day I wake up like, 'This might be my last day, and I'm not scared of it.'"

On Tuesday (June 20), after a lifelong battle with sickle-cell anemia, Mobb Deep emcee Prodigy, a living rap legend, passed away. He was 42.

Over the course of my 15-year career in broadcast radio and then later in online journalism with DJBooth, I have been fortunate enough to interview hundreds of talented emcees and producers. Prodigy was one of my favorite interview subjects.

In February of 2008, a few months before the release of his second solo album, H.N.I.C. Pt. 2, and just days before turning himself into authorities to serve a multi-year jail bid for an illegal gun possession conviction, I had the chance to speak with the Queens emcee for theUsually held the third weekend of August, the Air and Water Show is always a big draw. Free to the public both days, this event, the largest free show of its kind in the U.S., viewers can experience daredevil thrills in the air and on the water. The show can be seen from a large area of the lakefront specifically from Fullerton Beach to Oak Street Beach, with North Avenue Beach as the primary viewing location.

The show has featured some of the best civilian and military pilots and most unique aircraft. Some of the repeat headliners have been the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs. There are also a number of civilian