Nipsey Hussle was an American rapper and songwriter! He was murdered outside his store on March 31, 2019!
So let’s dive into some facts and trivia about his life.
- His real name is Ermias Joseph Asghedom
- He was born on August 15, 1985
- He was murdered on March 31, 2019
- He is known professionally as Nipsey Hussle
- Often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le
- He was an American rapper and songwriter from Los Angeles, California
- Emerging from the West Coast hip hop scene in the mid- 2000s
- Nipsey Hussle initially became known for his numerous mixtapes
- Including his Bullets Ain’t Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues and Crenshaw
- The last of which rapper Jay-Z bought 100 copies of for $100 each
- After much delay, his debut studio album Victory Lap was released in February 2018
- To critical acclaim and commercial success
- He was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019
- Hussle was murdered outside his store, Marathon Clothing, in South Los Angeles on March 31, 2019
- Asghedom was born on August 15, 1985
- He was raised in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Los Angeles
- He was of Eritrean and American descent
- Nipsey Hussle was also a member of the local Rollin 60’s Neighborhood Crips gang
- His stage name, a play on the name of comic Nipsey Russell
- Originated as a nickname
- Given to Asghedom by a friend while in his teens
- In October 2016, Steve Carless, the head of The Marathon Agency, revealed to Billboard that Nipsey had invested “like over six figures in the company”
- And described him as “kind of like our silent partner”
- On June 17, 2017, Nipsey inaugurated the “Marathon Clothing” store
- Which he founded along with partners Carless, Civil, and his brother Samiel Asghedom
- In 2007, Hussle played a small role in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s semi-autobiographical film I Tried
- Which was directed by Rich Newey
- In 2010, he starred in the film Caged Animal
- Alongside Ving Rhames, Gillie Da Kid and Robert Patrick
- In 2015, Hussle was featured in The Sexy Getting Ready Song in the pilot episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Rapping two bars before abruptly stopping and commenting on Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom)’s long grooming routine
- Nipsey Hussle and actress Lauren London began dating in 2013
- And their first child was born on August 31, 2016
- London has children from a previous relationship with fellow rapper Lil Wayne
- While Nipsey Hussle had a daughter, Emani
- From a previous relationship
- According to police sources, on March 31, 2019, Nipsey Hussle was shot multiple times in the parking lot of his store, Marathon Clothing
- In South Los Angeles at about 3:25 p.m.
- Nipsey Hussle was hit five times in the torso and once in the head
- Two others were wounded in the shooting
- All three victims were transported to a hospital
- There Hussle was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
- He was 33 years old
- Upon hearing the news, numerous celebrities offered their condolences on social media
- Police have identified 29-year-old Eric Holder as a suspect
- Investigators believe Holder was known to the rapper
- And that the shooting was possibly motivated by a personal matter
- On April 2, 2019, Holder was apprehended by members of the Los Angeles Police Department
- In the days leading up to his death, Nipsey Hussle had reached out to officials from the LAPD about having a meeting with him and Roc Nation about what they could do to help prevent gang violence in South Los Angeles
- The meeting had been scheduled to take place on Monday April 1, 2019
- But was scuttled due to Hussle’s untimely death Sunday the day before
- According to Los Angeles Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff, the meeting will still take place at a yet to be announced date
- He has released 13 mixtapes
- One studio album
- And two compilation albums
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