Prodigy pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a loaded gun earlier this year after he was arrested alongside producer The Alchemist in October of 2006 in Manhattan, after police stopped Prodigy’s bulletproof Chevy Suburban for making a U-turn and driving the wrong direction down a one way street, in an attempt to secure a parking spot.

Police found an unlicensed .22 caliber handgun in Prodigy SUV and charged both men with gun possession charges. Charges against The Alchemist were eventually dropped but Prodigy plead guilty to his third count of possessing a gun and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison in October.

Prodigy said he’ll make good use of his time behind bars:"Throughout my life, I have always lived through adversity. I’m a survivor. You don’t understand the mental power that I have. While I am locked up, I’m going to be writing lyrics, working on the script for my second feature film, Dope, and finish writing an autobiography of my life which will be finished by the time I’m released.."

He announced today (December 25) that his second solo album H.N.I.C. 2 will be released worldwide via a distribution deal with Voxonic Music and AAO Music/Reality. Thanks to Voxonic voice technology the album will be released in multiple languages, including German, French and Spanish. Prodigy’s own voice will be translated into multiple languages, with 99% accuracy according to Voxonic.

H.N.I.C. 2 will be produced by Prodigy and longtime production partner The Alchemist, who helped produce Prodigy’s first solo album, H.N.I.C, and will be released in March 2008.