Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep

The hip-hop star - real name Albert Johnson - is due to start serving a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence next week (09Jan08), after being jailed for gun possession charges relating to an incident in 2006.

But he insists being locked up won't affect his creative output.

The 7th Heaven hitmaker tells MTV.com, "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'm 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.

"My mind is going to be focused, and I'll have time to think and map out my entire plan. The experience will make me a tougher, stronger person. I'm gonna work on getting out faster, so I can get back to doing what I do best. When I get home, it's gonna be on!"

Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty to gun possession charges after he was found with an unlicensed .22-caliber pistol in his Chevy Suburban in 2006 - but maintains the patrolmen who pulled him over for driving on the wrong side of the road had no right to search his vehicle.

Source: WENN