Who is Nipsey Hussle

apparently the 2nd coming of christ. i, as well, never heard of this guy but they sure are making a huge bfd about him....whatevs.

pfft

I keep thinking it says, Nipsey RUSSELL!

No idea.

Who knows? Best thing for him really. His therapy was going nowhere.

I loved him on Match Game; but he was not very good at it.

The Tinman in The Wiz

If Jussy Smollett had married him, his name would have been Jussy Hussle.

From what I gather, the Hussle fellow was able to cure cancer, give all of his wealth to the poor little childrens of the ghetto, and promote World Peace. They are thinking of renaming the city of Compton "Husslewood." Oh, what a loss!

Other than that, I never heard of him. He owned a clothing store, but I think he was also a rappist.

I've never heard of him, but he got shot!

Never heard of him until he was shot to death outside his clothing store in South LA. Since then he has been in the media throughout the day every day. Apparently he is a rap "star" who was a Crips gang member who reformed his ways? I have no idea. Total overkill with the media coverage. And the most ridiculous "name" I've ever heard.

[quote]And the most ridiculous "name" I've ever heard.

Well, SECOND most ridiculous name, the first being "Childish Gambino," who my partner once referred to in all seriousness as "Churlish Bambino," which I think is even funnier.

Redemption story + tragic ending

Have you all gotten it out of your system yet?

Here in LA his funeral is on every channel right now.

This could be a reminder of the cultural divides in the United States. I read that Obama sent condolences, which to my knowledge he didn't do for XXXTentacion, so Nipsey Hussle must have been known for community philanthropy and good works. I didn't know about him until the news said he'd been shot, but I'm middle-aged, white and not American.

[R16].....at least you admit it,alot of posters in this thread mirror you and are making jokes about a senseless death.I guess anything not to discuss how the Nazi white boy from Louisana was burning down black churches because of Trump propaganda.Some rednecks are a mess(not you R16)

guy was a phobe

I’ve been known to enjoy a lil nipsey after a tough day at the office

He was apparently very popular in the urban and black community, was well-known in LA and Central/South Central LA for philanthropy and community work for several years, hence the respect and large funeral. He also - from my limited knowledge - had a homophobic and openly misogynistic attitude in presentation and lyrics, although to be fair that's not uncommon (still) in the rap community.

I am also white/suburban so take my op with a grain of salt.

A rapper or rapist r8? Churlish Bambino made me crack up

Other than the homophobia and violent past, he seems like a real human rights nut

[quote] he seems like a real human rights nut

Not anymore.

[quote]A rapper or rapist [R8]?

A rappist is one who sings rap tunes, isn't it? That's what I meant. I've never heard that Lil Nipsey was a rapist. Other than the gang involvement stuff early on, and some of the questionable rap tunes, he seems to have been quite a nice fellow. His homies spoke very highly of him.

R22 He hated black women too

Therapist

Therappist

—Formerly known as Nipsey

Nipsey is a slave name.

I thought he was called Nipsey because he was a boob man.

One of the ministers who spoke at the service talked of gays and straights walking together.

[quote]Have you all gotten it out of your system yet?

Obviously not, R13. Check back with us in about a week.

Now, a 25 mile funeral procession route through South LA so the neighborhoods can say good-bye:

@lynneedenise

Black folks on motorcycles and four wheelers following close behind and circling Nipsey’s car. It’s like Crenshaw cruising on a 1990s Sunday night.

About the service:

The LAPD is now forming a skirmish line with crowd control gear at Crenshaw and Slauson, as they do whenever a South LA kid drops a gum wrapper on the sidewalk.

some dead colored guy the sneaker obsessed worship.

Skirmish Line:

Many white bikers have joined the black bikers escorting the hearse.

@ABC7

Money tossed out window of Nipsey Hussle funeral motorcade vehicles

Of course, the phones:

R38 Stampede in 3,2,1

Is his name a nod to Nipsey Russell? I can’t imagine why he would choose his name like that otherwise.

Dead homophobe. Good riddance.

@abc7marccr

MAJOR DELAY: Nipsey Hussle’s funeral procession is at a standstill, stuck in gridlock in South LA as it approaches the rapper’s murder site

You can’t make this shit up.

He did the rap verse for "The Sexy Getting Ready Song" on the first episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Chris Darden represents the killer, Eric Holder. Darden is the former LA District Attorney who unsuccessfully tried the O.J. Simpson murder case.

Nipsey's fans are wondering who is paying for Darden's very hefty legal bills.

Looking back at the surveillance video of Nipsey's murder, it's clear that the killer wanted to make sure the rapper was dead. It was overkill.

Exactly what you would expect to see in a murder-for-hire hit.

This thread was so much better when

IT WAS DONE TWO FUCKING DAYS AGO

In LA, Fox is the only network showing the procession live.

R48 are they hoping for a skirmish?

A balloon popped and a crowd near the murder site stampeded.

I wondered that, r49

I AM It won't be a success unless some weave is left on the pavement.

@PeachDulce

The white man on @FOXLA seems SO negative covering the Nipsey procession

Outside his store where he was murdered:

Earlier crowd panic:

Doesn't anybody work? ^

I can't believe the funeral procession in LA, there's thousands. It's like a national hero died.

Never heard to this guy either but I watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, love that show. Will Rachel Bloom attend?

[quote]Doesn't anybody work? ^

Notice no local Mexicans in the crowd.

They took all the jobs.

What excuse did they give their bosses when they called in sick?

Man, DL is OLD. I mean, I’m not a spring chicken, but I know he he was.

The guy had turned his life around, and was actively contributing for the betterment of his community. And then some asshole decided to fire shots, and from what I understand, for no good reason at all, whatsoever.

There wasn’t any street beef, no revenge or avenging of someone else. Just a senseless murder by a coward.

I understand why people who come up, move out of their neighborhoods. Any asshole can come along and end it for you in a matter of seconds.

He had a problem with queers so fuck him -live by the gun, die by it too.

Stephanie Stanton ‏

@Newzysteph

Tensions running very high outside @themarathonclo Got caught in a crowd stampede while awaiting the arrival of the procession for #NipseyHussle This is the result. @FOXLA

I didn't know and I live in Los Angeles County, and work in the city of Los Angeles

For me, it was like when Jenni Rivera died in the plane crash. I didn't know her or her music, but learned we had a superstar in our midst.

Was she the one with the foot?

[quote]There wasn’t any street beef, no revenge or avenging of someone else.

Wrong. He called the guy a snitch and the guy went out to get his gun and shot him.

@abc7robhayes

Well that’s unfortunate. #LAPD patrol car tagged, people jumping on it as they wait for the #nipseyhussle procession – at The Marathon Clothing

@LAPDHQ

Due to the delay of the Nipsey Hussle Memorial, the procession has been slowly moving through South LA, behind schedule. Large crowds have gathered at the Marathon Store and at the Angelus Funeral Home.

Where are they burying him? In the parking lot of his store?

If he were cremated, r69, they could (it's legal in LA County) but he's headed to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, or so I've heard.

LOL the property value on the grave next to him just took a nose dive.

He's like the black, ghetto Diana.

I'd bet real money on rioting tonight, absolutely pointless rioting that makes life worse for everyone involved.

The sun's about to go down on the west coast.

@Venice311

6 minutes ago

3 people just got shot in Watts. Drive by.

@CHellerTVNews

Shooting confirmed. 3 victims down, just not anywhere near Nipsey's situation.

I had never heard of him until the media coverage following his assassination. He, seemingly, though, had a somewhat moderate if not blazing career. He was successful enough, at least, to move out of his ghetto neighborhood and into a safer, gated community, but chose to stay and help the are he grew up in. That, I think, is why so much is being made of his being killed. It shows the danger of rap artists staying in their old 'hood for either sentimental or street cred reasons. At some point, you are from but not of the place you grew up. It is unfortunate that he was trying to help people and invested in his neighborhood, but that is why he is getting so much coverage. The death of a rap star who had retained his gangster ways wouldn't be lauded the way Nipsey is.

And, by the way, Childish Gambino is a name that Glover got when playing one of those stupid "name generators." He liked it, and it stuck.

I just generated my rap name. It's Quik EG Flash.

He was yet another ugly, spazzy rapper.

Wonder what the motive was. The guy who murdered him apparently shook his hand, shot him, then kicked him in the head when he was down. Sounds gang banging to me. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

dems da rules. bye.

@CHellerTVNews

LAPD tells me there were actually 4 gunshot victims.

He was planning to meet with the LAPD to discuss curtailing gang activity. His former gang friends might not have liked this.

did he achieve any success as a rapper??

Another inspirational criminal/rapper shot. Such an unpredictable tragedy. What is everyone so surprised this happens. This is how the gangs are. It’s not tragic, it’s the game they chose. (or racism made them do it, take your choice).

His album was nominated for a Grammy.

KNBC followed the procession during its entire 4-6:30 p.m. news block, only breaking away for the NBC Nightly News. They might have been covering the memorial and procession all day, but I won't know until I check my DVR (DOOL or no DOOL?).

DOOL?

Days of Our Lives

Why is he getting similar levels of coverage as Aretha, Whitney, MJ??

He is the only significant rap artist to come out of the West Coast since the Death Row days of Snoop, 2Pac, Dr Dre, and NWA in the 1990s. West Coast rap lost favor to other regions (particularly Atlanta and Southern rap/trap) and significantly declined since the 90s due its reputation for being too gang oriented and violent. Don't forget two of rap's heroes died while on the West Coast-Biggie Smalls and 2Pac Shakur died in Vegas. Both killed by LA gang members. LA became a place most rappers tried to avoid due to the gang politics. Even Cardi B had to walk back her Bloods talk due to death threats in LA

Nipsey was trying to starting a revival of West Coast rap and LA's reputation this time by producing rap songs with a more conscious twist. That's why people are so affected because he was a pacifist trying to bring change to rap and South Central L.A. through activism and rap lyrics.

He was promoting gang unity and peace. He had a meeting with the LAPD the day after he died to discuss reconciliation between Bloods and Crips. Some conspiracy theorists believe the LAPD sent the shooter because they don't want gang unity.

Much of this gang shit starts in the prisons. California has a problem with overcrowded prisons.

He was known for his philanthropy more than any hit songs-he was more of an underground rapper

[quote] Days of Our Lives

Ah. DOOL.

Frankly, the live coverage is probably happening because the news people are hoping to get live footage of rioting. If it doesn't happen, the LA news stations can claim they were just trying to show their respect for a good man and the black community.

Sadly, the odds of rioting or attacks on police are decent, even though the police are blameless in this. By all accounts the shooting was related to gangs and gang culture, but nobody has the nerve to openly protest against the gangs. Awful as they are, the LAPD are an easier target.

Nipsey Hussle also had an East African father from Eritrea, a country that split from the former Ethiopian empire of Haile Selassie. Some Rastafarians (which Snoop apparently is one of now) looked to Nipsey as some kind of Selassie or Bob Marley -type figure due to his conscious lyrics and African roots.

Over a few weeks, I think he will be forgotten and the it will be back to business as usual in South Central LA.

It's weird that LA claims 2Pac as one of their own hometown heroes due to the song California Love.

2Pac is from the East Coast-born in Harlem and raised in Baltimore where he was fuck buddies or friends with Jada Pinkett.

@ABC7Veronica

The end of the #NipseyHussle’s procession. Big crowd ended up at Angelus Funeral Home.

R80, motive was Nipsey was planning to meet with police (LAPD) the next day to discuss gang unity. That's seen as snitching.

Some of his homies may not have liked that. The gangs make drug money through rivaling each other/turf wars. Reconciliation would hurt their bottom line. He had to be killed. In the gangs or the mob, working with police or snitching gets you killed. Of course Nipsey got his wig pushed back. Working with police can only be done if you flee like hell or get into a witness protection program

Homegoing...

Maybe he was trying to be Nipsey Russell for the 'aughts'.

I love how Nipseys immigrant father asked for a stop to all gang violence in poor English during his eulogy and literally seconds after Snoop Dogg comes strutting on stage in all blue and rhymes that Nip was a good crip to cheers.

And why are Farrakhan and Stevie Wonder outliving every fucking body and always at every black funeral?

The only missing person was Sharpton!

He was open about why he had joined a gang, and was doing what he could to create employment and educational opportunities in an effort to help keep others from going/continuing down that path.

His parents seemed like very good people with lots of humility . Why did their son go down a path of hanging with low life gangbangers?

He was a low life hoodlum, complete garbage. No great loss or actually NO loss at all!

Obama sent a message to his funeral... give me a break

To the surprise of no one, there's been a shooting leaving one person killed and 3 people injured

He got to meet DL fave Larry King with his dad.

Can you imagine Larry's opening question?

"Here with us tonight is comedian, icon, game show extraordinaire- Nipsey Russell.

Nipsey, in retrospect, don't you think joining the Rolling Sissies Crips really hurt your television career?"

The shooting was at Main and 102nd, two blocks south of the procession route and hours after it passed.

Kamala's campaign missed a great opportunity today. She should have done a crip walk dance over the casket with a 40 oz in hand!

The audience would've went wild.

How is that damn Larry King still alive?

R109 is a deranged lunatic

R91, Kendrick Lamar?

R112, totally forgot about him.

He's West Coast also

@ABC7

Los Angeles city councilman expected to introduce motion to name the Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue intersection as Nipsey Hussle Square

[quote]Los Angeles city councilman expected to introduce motion to name the Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue intersection as Nipsey Hussle Square

How the hell can you name an intersection? It's not like Times Square, which has attractions.

R67 any of them could have been Obama's son in that picture

His name is something I'd call a ghetto version of a care bear

I like his birth name Ermias Asghedom over the name Nipsey Hussle. Kinda prescient his last name Asghedom translated in English means "they are bowing for you".

He's now a rap saint.

I'm surprised he was buried in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills -- the hometown burial grounds for South LA are Inglewood Cemetery and Rosedale Cemetery down near Gardena.

Heard so much about him this week I thought I’d go find some music assuming it would be somehow different and “smarter”. First title I see on iTunes “Bitches Ain’t Shit” 🙄 there’s so many black men and women doing work to better their communities. From sports coaches and teachers to firefighters and tutors and this is who they want to canonize?

An anagram of Ermias Asghedom is "SAGE HEMMAROIDS."

Sounds about right.

I don't feel like scrolling through all the comments, can someone tell me if he was famous prior to his death? I had never heard of him and now his name is being mentioned everywhere.

Was his cousin Nippy Longstalkings there?

I think he was well known to people who like that sort of thing.

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R124 Right.

Many of the celebrities who attended the funeral have admitted to never meeting the man. The way he has blown up is crazy, I read that his album only had a few thousand streams in March and 60,000 total sales. Now his music is on the charts and it’s the same bitches, hoes and money stuff as all the other rappers. He had a clothing shop with his brother and another partner, a ball cap with a dollar sign is $200!! Allegedly businesses set up with dirty money. He buried 250,000 in the backyard and dug it up damp and unusable. The treasury replaces such notes unless it’s dirty money.

It is entertaining to search his name and see all the deluded people who are saying this man was Bill Gates rich and so smart he surely had trust funds and life insurance for his kids. Some even think his chains can be sold to keep his kids in luxury forever. Lol. Rapper Jermaine Dupri said Nipsey was Jesus! Ah yes Jesus came back to Earth and left us all some words to live by “Look, I like bitches, that's lightskinned-ed With a whole a lot of ass, and get right with it Off a pill, I can probably make her like bitches Lick lick it, like a lolli till it's like liquid These hoochies always talking bout, where my dick is” AMEN

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Local civil rights activists are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to demand the release of a man who was shot alongside slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Kerry Lathan was one of two men wounded during the shooting. He'd just been released after serving 20 years in prison and was reportedly arrested afterward.

Lathan is now accused of violating the terms of his parole by associating with a known gang member.

"That's a slap in the face to his family and our grieving community," said Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope. "Nipsey Hussle was a hero, a role model, a justification fighter, a successful business person and entrepreneur who gave everything he could to help people in this community. That help included trying to help his friend Lathan. We can't continue to have this cycle of criminal justice system that penalizes people who need help."

Ali said Hussle wanted to help Lathan with some clothes.

Didn’t they all show up at the funeral wearing the blue crip colors and throw up gang signs? But now Nipsey wasn’t a gang member?

When is there going to be a GoFundMe account set up, like for My Dough Burrous after her husband, Chris, got fisted to death in Glendale? It's only right that Nippy's family gets the same kind of pity benefits as other celebrities' wives, whores and childrens.

There was one set up by Reggie Bush but after a lot of backlash it was taken down. Seems his fans believe he was a multi millionaire and it was disrespectful of Reggie to emasculate him by suggesting he hadn’t provided for his kids.