Putting a memorial mural of Prodigy in his hometown of Queensbridge seemed like an excellent idea.

But it hasn't turned out that way.

Less than a day after artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli-Eos completed the tribute to the 42-year-old who passed last month from sickle-cell disease complications vandals defaced it with white paint.

[Related: Prodigy memorial mural In Queensbridge already defaced.]

This is some sucker shit.

A post shared by Cormega (@iamcormega) on Jul 8, 2017 at 6:05am PDT

The artists quickly scrambled to fix it up. Only to have defaced again the next night, this time with red paint.

Now it looks like the mural is being permanently removed because it's proven to be too much of a target.

Due to repeated vandalism of @prodigymobbdeep's tribute, the mural is now being removed. We will remember Prodigy with or without a mural though, his legacy will live on! #RIPProdigy

A post shared by HOT 97 (@hot97) on Jul 10, 2017 at 11:24am PDT

What kind of people would do such a thing?