Mobb Deep aren't dead. But they came pretty close to it at the weekend after a plane they were flying in lost an engine. The hip hop duo were flying from Atlanta to Chile, accompanied by fellow rappers 40 Glocc and Sam Scarfo, on Saturday morning when the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, after an engine blew up. The plane landed safely, and was met by fire trucks and ambulances.
A statement to the press explained: "Almost an hour into the flight, the plane began dropping and rising and dropping again, soon after which passengers noticed flames and smoke pouring out of one of the engines".
Mobb Deep's Havoc, meanwhile, told allhiphop.com: "All I can say is God was on our side. It could (have) turned out the opposite way! It makes you look at many things in perspective."
Amen to that. I might say, if I weren't an atheist.