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Nipsey Hussle August 15 1985-March 31 2019
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Big and Pac died because gangbangers got involved, Nip died because of one lunatic. Big difference.
Found this pic on Twitter, kinda looks like dude but haven’t seen this discussed anywhere
Marlo Barksdale
Really out chea
From Nipsey's last BFC interview he mentions that he had been in talks with Atlantic for years before signing, so I don't think he signed with them after he put out Crenshaw like Drama is alluding
I could be wrong tho
TI's Paperwork album came out October 2014 and the album credits showed he was signed to Atlantic. That's when people found out.
Crenshaw dropped Oct 2013. Drama became an Atlantic A&R January 2014. Mailbox Money dropped December 2014. Timeline matches perfectly with what Drama said and the credits show.
Here is a old post showing it
"Nipsey Hussle appears courtesy of All Money In/ Atlantic Recording Corporation"
Why nikkas always gotta be fake INDEPENDENT
How Nipsey Hussle inspired thousands of Eritrean Americans
The slain rapper wasn’t only a product of L.A. He was also a product of a proud immigrant community.
Master Tesfatsion
Master Tesfatsion covered the Washington Redskins for The Washington Post. He left The Post in December 2017. He previously covered the Minnesota Vikings for the Star Tribune for two seasons before joining The Post in 2015.
April 8 at 6:00 AM
I sat on the plane fighting back tears, looking down at my phone as the text messages I missed while in the air were finally delivered. Then I looked down at the Eritrean baseball jersey I was wearing, in complete disbelief.
Nipsey Hussle had died.
He was widely known as a byproduct of Crenshaw, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, through his gang affiliation, his lyrical substance and his community efforts. But as L.A. and the wider hip-hop community mourns his tragic death — Hussle was killed in front of his store, the Marathon Clothing, on March 31 — the Eritrean community is grieving with the loss of our brother, too.
That’s because the Grammy-nominated rapper was also a byproduct of Eritrea, a small East African country of about 5 million people. Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, was connected to Eritrea through his father, Dawit Asghedom, who spent his first 20 years there and would tell his son stories about the country’s history.
[Nipsey Hussle rapped about the broken America he was trying to fix]
Annexed by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie in 1962, Eritrea spent the next three decades fighting for its independence. Although Ethiopia received support from the United States, the Soviet Union and Israel, Eritrea prevailed in 1991. The insurmountable victory still serves as a badge of honor for Eritreans, instilling a mentality of self-sufficiency and resiliency that Hussle drew inspiration from.
“From being outnumbered and being against superpowers, to coming out victorious and being self-sufficient after the fact and independent in a country that believes in self-sufficiency and building from scratch,” Hussle said in an interview last year with Eri-TV, a state-owned Eritrean television station. “It’s similar to what I stand for in music by taking the stairs and doing it the long way based on integrity, self-sufficiency and being aware of the way that taking handouts can cripple you. Suffering through the process for the bigger picture. I feel proud, a sense of pride and a little bit obligated to carry that same integrity in my space.”
Hussle took his first trip to Eritrea in 2004, when he stayed for three months, then went back again last year after the release of his Grammy-nominated album “Victory Lap.” He described his first trip as life-altering, speaking candidly and openly about the Eritrean American experience with prominent radio personalities and giving Eritreans here a platform we’ve never had before.
“A lot of who I am, I understood more once I went over [to Eritrea],” Hussle said last yearon Hot 97’s “Ebro In the Morning.” “Who I thought I was naturally, parts of my personality and what I was interested in is connected to my dad’s side.”
For Eritrean Americans, Hussle became our flag bearer. He was the face of an invisible country with little representation in mainstream U.S. media — it’s constantly in the shadows of Ethiopia because of the nations’ similar cultures and traditions. He was the connective tissue that touched every Eritrean American subgroup: from the street hustlers influenced by their environments, to the social workers trying to improve their communities and the entertainers seeking to be heard.
The life and legacy of Nipsey Hussle
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle, 33, was celebrated in the hip-hop world, but the late artist’s legacy includes much more than his music. (Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
He used the analogy of a marathon, fitting for a country synonymous with world-class long-distance runners, in his music and clothing brand to capture his growth as a prominent independent artist, an entrepreneur and a human over the past 14 years. It served as the soundtrack for a diaspora burdened by the dangerous journey their parents made to migrate to the United States, grinding to make sure that sacrifice doesn’t die in vain. He made us believe that we could make it out of low-income housing and succeed in an unfair capitalistic economy that far too often rewards privilege over work ethic.
“He inspired us all,” said Eritrean American NFL safety Nat Berhe, who grew up in Southern California. “I started listening to Nipsey when I was a freshman in college. That alone motivated me to finish college. I’m hurt by it. I think he meant the upmost to the Eritrean community.”
Although many of us arrived in this country in poverty and with little to no education — carrying just our visas, our pride and our trauma — Hussle embraced us. And he unapologetically spoke about us.
When Eritrean American actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish, who also grew up in Los Angeles, wore an Eritrean zuria dress on the red carpet during last year’s Academy Awards to honor her recently deceased Eritrean father, I asked Hussle about her gesture.
“I was proud and inspired by that,” Hussle said. “I thought that was dope and how she made that a part of her narrative and just repping where she comes from with pride. Our country is such a small country, and it’s so underrepresented in the world that it’s dope to see somebody on that platform repping. I feel like I play a role in that myself as well as everybody else. It’s a really powerful story, our country’s story, and our people have a unique culture that when anybody finds out about it, they embrace it. I salute her and got a lot of love and respect.”
Hussle and Haddish would be honored that summer, along with Berhe, during the annual Eritrean Festival in Washington, home to the largest Eritrean community in the United States.
“I felt like I was with Malcolm X,” Berhe said about sharing the stage with Hussle. “You just got that feel that he was just somebody really important, like he was manifested. It was amazing.”
When I think of Hussle, I’ll remember the 2016 Eritrean soccer tournament in Atlanta, when he performed at Medusa Lounge. The venue was packed, and everyone was soaked in sweat because the air conditioner broke on a humid July night, but we still rapped every word with him.
I’ll remember when I walked into a suite to meet a friend at last year’s NBA All Star Game in Los Angeles and happened to run into Hussle there, and I suddenly realized that, for once, I wasn’t the only Eritrean in the room. I’ll remember how his face lit up when I told him I was Eritrean, and that I expressed how much I appreciated him representing us.
I’ll remember how he genuinely personified Eritrean Americans, and how his authenticity brought our community together this past week, with more than 40 vigils organized worldwide (some with the help of Ethiopians, who are also grieving the loss).
And I’ll think about my parents and how much they loved the music of Eritrean singer Yemane Barya, who shared the unapologetic Eritrean experience during its fight for independence. Known as Abo dikha, which translates to “father of the poor ones,” Barya was the voice for my parents’ generation, weaving in political messages in love songs (the first which landed him in prison). Barya unexpectedly died in 1997. He was 48.
Hussle was our Barya. He died at 33, leaving a massive hole in our community that won’t be replaced. But we will continue the marathon. And one day, we’ll tell our children about our own Abo dikha.
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Black on black crimes should have no boundries of when it should stop. Thats my point. This generation is so caught up in the moment that i doubt the impact of his death is gonna hold up with this peace treaty and unity.
Yeah... but all deals aren't the same. I remember Ross trying to get him on Atlantic as well when he was rumored to be linking up with MMG and it fell through. In that pic with the credits, it also has his label listed, so it's not clear what kind of partnership/deal he had then.
Whatever he had years ago with Atlantic probably wasn't the same agreement they had prior to Victory Lap's release. He was pretty open about it on this interview, he pretty much broke down all his "deals" and history dealing with labels...
I was really feeling some kind of way until I realized what I had to do to help get over this loss. I had to go to ground ZERO. I'm from the same Hood as Nip but I moved to the valley with the wife and kids years ago. I still have fam that lives minutes from the store and I just copped a Slauson T-shirt from the store a couple months ago. Yesterday I went to the store and the sheer amount of respect from everyone was mind-blowing. I got to chop it with a homie that was actually there minutes after it happened before the ambulance got there. He showed me video from his phone and it was SAD. But now that I went to pay my respects and see that it's REAL I feel better. RIP to the homie Naybah60d Nip
lightbearerchef
Von!!!
Found this pic on Twitter, kinda looks like dude but haven’t seen this discussed anywhere
Kinna look like cuz. Hard 2 realli tell
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
JASON BLACK made some interesting points:
How often do you see a black repeat offender catch so many breaks with the authorities?
1. Arrested without incident.
2. Get away driver OF A Homicide scene let go of, without having to speak ill of the murderer or be used against him.
3. Repeat offender and documented gang member, gets bail in a homicide case. THEN gets bail lowered.
4. Gets blessed with a former D. A. prosecutor as his attorney.
Eastside Get The Money
Veteran
Was he signed as an artist to Atlantic or was Atlantic just the distro?
I see it as he was signed to his label and Atlantic just distributed it to markets a la Cash Money. If that’s truly indy or not is up for discussion
Eastside Get The Money
Veteran
Outside of forensics snitches/C.I.s are the bread and butter of police work. They are truly protected. That’s why you see C.I.s who are 7 point felons stay getting slaps on the wrist.
As for shorty who was driving, they gonna throw her immunity for her to talk.
And Chris Darden hoe ass is just clout chasing which is disgusting in this case. Take the devils money he gonna ask for it back with interest
