Artist: Prodigy
Song: 'The Life'
Why You Should Watch: Prodigy, whose currently serving a three-year prison sentence for unlawful possession of a weapon, takes us on a tour of New York City as spits his "ghetto love story."

New York-bred rapper Prodigy avoided jail for the second time in five weeks after being hospitalized with painful complications from sickle cell anemia on Wednesday.

Prodigy was set to turn himself in to begin his three-and-a-half year prison term for gun possession but instead, the rapper was taken to a New York hospital where he's being treated for severe lung pain.

Prodigy, whose real name is Albert Johnson, may also need hip replacement surgery, which would be his second hip procedure in a year. Johnson has been granted a one-week extension and is set to begin his sentence on February 20.

A New York judge is giving Mobb Deep's Prodigy a big break. After requesting the rapper's medical records, judge Edward McLaughlin postponed Prodigy's jail sentence. Prodigy, whose real name is Albert Johnson, plead guilty to weapons possession charges and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison in October 2007.

McLaughlin decided to give Johnson 30 more days of freedom while the court compiles and reviews medical records. Johnson's attorneys are requesting that the court acknowledge that the 33-year-old has long suffered from sickle cell anemia, which results in frequent hospitalization. In the meantime, Johnson plans on releasing 'H.N.I.C in Charge 2' this March.