Flee Lord

The rich lineage of hip-hop in Queens -- from Run-DMC and LL Cool J to Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, and Mobb Deep -- continues with Flee Lord, who parlayed a co-sign from the late, local legend Prodigy into a prolific career. David Cordova, a Far Rockaway native, came up as an amateur freestyler with his unfussy, almost vintage delivery. His life changed considerably when he met and befriended Prodigy -- one-half of the acclaimed duo Mobb Deep, who notched four Top Ten albums in the ‘90s and 2000s. Initially meeting through mutual friends in 2008, they reconnected three years l...