Havoc reveals he practically died on a music video set

Havoc and Prodigy, because the duo Mobb Deep, performed a seminal position within the evolution of East Coast hip-hop within the Nineteen Nineties. Whereas Figures resembling Diddy and Biggie Smalls produced lavish, shiny rap music, Mobb Deep introduced the sound again to the streets alongside acts resembling Nas and Large L.

One in all Mobb Deep’s most famed tasks is their 1995 sophomore album, The Notorious. With appearances from the likes of Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Q-Tip, the traditional boasted some of the 1990s biggest hits, most notably ‘Shook Ones (Part II)’ and ‘Quiet Storm.’

Released in 1995, ‘Shook Ones, Pt. II’ was launched as a follow-up to their 1994 hit of the identical identify and is taken into account one of many collective’s biggest hits. Nevertheless, in an interview for Vevo’s YouTube sequence ‘Footnotes’, Havoc unveiled that he didn’t have one of the best expertise on the set of the ‘Shook Ones, Pt. II’ music video.

Opening up in regards to the video’s recording course of, Havoc (actual identify Kejuan Muchita) unveiled that he practically bought electrocuted to dying. Filmed in Lengthy Island Metropolis in Queens across the Queensbridge Homes, the visuals for the one are legendary.

Opening as much as Vevo in regards to the recording course of, Muchita defined, “One shocking moment was when me and a guy from my block got into an argument because he felt he wasn’t getting enough shine in the video. We started fighting, and we both fell into a puddle of water, and one of the movie lights fell in it with us. We could have gotten electrocuted to death. That was wild.”

Earlier than chatting with Vevo, throughout an look on SiriusXM’s ‘Shade 45’, Muchita disclosed that the one and The Notorious are his two favorite Mobb Deep productions. 

Explaining Why, the rhymer said, “A lot of the supporters be like, ‘Yo, Infamous is dope, but Hell on Earth is crazy.’ But, for me, the reason why I say The Infamous [over Hell on Earth is] because without The Infamous album bringing us back from an album that didn’t really do good [Juvenile Hell], we probably wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you.”

You’ll be able to hearken to Havoc explaining his near-death expertise within the video beneath.