Prodigy’s ‘Infamous Prison Cookbook’ Will Make You A Better Person

There are cookbooks that boast of delicious recipes, then there are some that adhere to a specific kind of diet or healthy eating, and then there are those that will make you a better person. Wait, what?

Yep, you read that right. There is a new cookbook in the market that’ll make you better person. And not just a better looking person, but overall a good human being. And that is not the only intriguing thing about this cookbook. Written by journalist Kathy Iandoli and Mobb Deep member Prodigy, Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook, has been inspired by the latter’s need to eat healthy in prison due to his lifelong battle with sickle cell.

The artist hopes that the inspirational cookbook will “give people more of an understanding of the kind of people that are locked up in jail,” according to NPR. “You have people there from all walks of life: people who made mistakes and have to deal with the consequences, mothers and fathers. You wouldn’t expect them to be behind bars.”

Prodigy’s Commissary Kitchen revolves around the subject of cooking in prison and how it can be an escape. He claims that cooking a meal was a fun way to pass time in prison. “It’s just relaxing and you almost forget where you’re at for an hour or two,” Prodigy said. “It helps people get along, too. Sometimes if you’ve got a group of people in there that are cool with each other, we’d order a chicken together or make a dinner.”

Moreover, he had to be particular about what he ate because his health condition was pretty serious. “I couldn’t afford to get sick in prison,” he writes. “My sickle cell is no joke, so I couldn’t eat poorly or not exercise. And everything in jail is designed to do the exact opposite.”

Albert “Prodigy” Johnson was sentenced to prison after police retrieved a small pistol in a compartment of his SUV. Already convicted of previous gun charges, Prodigy faked ignorance about the firearm but later struck a deal with the prosecutors, pleading guilty and dropping his mandatory charge of 15 years to just three for the gun possession. He was sentenced to three and a half years on October 8, 2007.

So, inspirational, fun, healthy, and penned by a rap star from prison. What more do you need from a cookbook? You can grab your copy of Prodigy’s Commissary Kitchen on Amazon.

Source: XXL