RIP Nipsey Hussle
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Shit ain't going to end well for kowack.
Yeah, they on his ass and one thing I can say about the west coast is they will kill your ass. Doesn't matter if you're in Hollywood or Beverly hills...they will catch you.
This all they really gotta do. All the rappers and djs just stop fucking with him, and he'll eventually fall off. He's in my city this week, hopefully his ticket sales are low.
They discuss Nipsey's death just after the 9 minute, 10 second mark (hearing about the news while at host Kel Dansby's wedding). The Corner's one of my fave podcasts. They've been discussing hiphop, boxing, MMA, pro wrestling and pop culture on the show for the past 4 years. Definitely recommend the show to anyone who's unfamiliar with it, but are fans of the aforementioned talking points ^
https://soundcloud.com/thecornerpod
https://soundcloud.com/thecornerpod
They should have chosen different lyrics. Saying "nigga" to remember someone is very coonish....
Ummm..you have heard Nip's music right?
dude is ignorant...
If there were really a God brothers like Nipsey wouldn't be snatched off this earth leaving dummies like this to walk amongst us
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Nipsey Hussle’s brother found him dying. These are his final moments
By ANGEL JENNINGS
APR 04, 2019 | 6:15 PM
Samiel Asghedom, left, Dawit Asghedom, Ermias Asghedom, a.k.a. Nipsey Hussle, and Adam Andebrhan shortly before the Grammys in 2019. (Asghedom family handout / Asghedom family handout)
The caller on the other end of Samiel Asghedom’s phone was panicked but clear. His younger brother — known to the world as rapper Nipsey Hussle, but to Samiel as just Nip — had been shot.
It was Sunday afternoon — hours before hundreds of mourners would descend on South Los Angeles to remember a man known as much for his boastful music as for his humble contributions to his community. And days before a man named Eric Holder would be charged with murder.
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Samiel jumped into his car parked outside his grandmother’s house. He ignored the red lights as he raced down Slauson Avenue — the South Los Angeles street that he and Nip were working to uplift. He arrived at the Marathon Clothing store precious minutes after a gunman fired multiple rounds into Nip, but before the paramedics pulled up. The time when life can precariously slip into death.
Blood stained the front of his brother’s shirt and a hole marked where a bullet entered his leg.
There’s no reason for him to still be breathing, Samiel thought.
But Nip was. Air rushed in and out of his nose — strong and loud.
Growing up in turf claimed by the Rollin’ 60s Crips gang, Samiel had seen death up close. Bullets, when they hit their target in the chest like the ones that hit Nip, were cruel and quick.
He’s meant to be alive, Samiel thought.
and his second home.
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Nipsey Hussle, bottom left, was born Ermias Asghedom and grew up in South L.A. (Asghedom family handout)
Samiel hushed the crowd that had formed around his brother. Nip laid on his back with his head tilted to the side.
The 911 operator told him what to do. Samiel found the hard, flat spot on his brother’s chest, clasped his hands together and pushed forcibly down, hard, to keep Nip breathing.
“1, 2, 3, 4.”
When the 911 operator reached 20, the wail of an ambulance’s siren filled the air around the strip mall — a place the brothers said they had been arrested many times before after the sound of different sirens.
Paramedics inserted a tube down Nipsey’s throat, stuck an IV in his arm and then lifted him off the pavement onto a waiting stretcher.
A chilling scream erupted from somewhere in the crowd of those who had gathered to watch. A bullet had pierced the back of Nipsey’s head.
For the first time, Samiel saw the gunshot wound on the back of his brother’s head. He started praying.
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The strip mall was the place where Nip and Samiel got their hair cut and ate burgers. It was where both brothers said cops regularly held raids.
Los Angeles police still patrol the area often and treat people suspiciously, Samiel said.
The Marathon Clothing store hired mostly felons because they often have a hard time finding work with a criminal record. Felons also are prohibited from carrying guns.
“Because of that, the man was able to shoot my brother, start running, realize nobody out there had a gun, stop, turn back around, walk up, shoot my brother two more times, start to run, realize nobody had a gun, nobody was responding, ran back up and shot my brother three more times, shoot him in the head and kicked him in the head and then ran off,” Samiel dissected.
“If somebody would’ve been there — if I would’ve been there — I would’ve shot back,” he said. “I just wish I would’ve been there.”
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The ambulance arrived at the hospital before Samiel got there. The doctor seemed to be avoiding him.
Samiel walked toward the ambulance and approached a paramedic.
“I know who he is,” the man said. “I’m a fan. I respect what he was doing in the community.”
“We tried our hardest,” Samiel recalls him saying.
Since then, Samiel has been trying to come to terms with what happened, but it’s hard to know who to trust. His brother’s death feels like an “execution.”
He wonders if the attack was a hit job or if Holder was simply jealous.
“It doesn’t make sense that somebody from the area, that just snuck up, and just talked to him and shook his hand minutes before,” Samiel said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
Samiel said he’s focused on preserving his brother’s legacy.
“He made something work in an area that was run-down, that people were scared to come to, and he turned it into a landmark,” he said. “All races. Different states. Many countries. They all come to Crenshaw and Slauson. He was truly the people’s champ.”
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Angel Jennings
Angel Jennings is a reporter for the metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She covers issues that affect residents in South Los Angeles. Since joining The Times in 2011, Angel has written for the Business section and covered education. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
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By ANGEL JENNINGS
APR 04, 2019 | 6:15 PM
Samiel Asghedom, left, Dawit Asghedom, Ermias Asghedom, a.k.a. Nipsey Hussle, and Adam Andebrhan shortly before the Grammys in 2019. (Asghedom family handout / Asghedom family handout)
The caller on the other end of Samiel Asghedom’s phone was panicked but clear. His younger brother — known to the world as rapper Nipsey Hussle, but to Samiel as just Nip — had been shot.
It was Sunday afternoon — hours before hundreds of mourners would descend on South Los Angeles to remember a man known as much for his boastful music as for his humble contributions to his community. And days before a man named Eric Holder would be charged with murder.
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Samiel jumped into his car parked outside his grandmother’s house. He ignored the red lights as he raced down Slauson Avenue — the South Los Angeles street that he and Nip were working to uplift. He arrived at the Marathon Clothing store precious minutes after a gunman fired multiple rounds into Nip, but before the paramedics pulled up. The time when life can precariously slip into death.
Blood stained the front of his brother’s shirt and a hole marked where a bullet entered his leg.
There’s no reason for him to still be breathing, Samiel thought.
But Nip was. Air rushed in and out of his nose — strong and loud.
Growing up in turf claimed by the Rollin’ 60s Crips gang, Samiel had seen death up close. Bullets, when they hit their target in the chest like the ones that hit Nip, were cruel and quick.
He’s meant to be alive, Samiel thought.
and his second home.
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Nipsey Hussle, bottom left, was born Ermias Asghedom and grew up in South L.A. (Asghedom family handout)
Samiel hushed the crowd that had formed around his brother. Nip laid on his back with his head tilted to the side.
The 911 operator told him what to do. Samiel found the hard, flat spot on his brother’s chest, clasped his hands together and pushed forcibly down, hard, to keep Nip breathing.
“1, 2, 3, 4.”
When the 911 operator reached 20, the wail of an ambulance’s siren filled the air around the strip mall — a place the brothers said they had been arrested many times before after the sound of different sirens.
Paramedics inserted a tube down Nipsey’s throat, stuck an IV in his arm and then lifted him off the pavement onto a waiting stretcher.
A chilling scream erupted from somewhere in the crowd of those who had gathered to watch. A bullet had pierced the back of Nipsey’s head.
For the first time, Samiel saw the gunshot wound on the back of his brother’s head. He started praying.
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The strip mall was the place where Nip and Samiel got their hair cut and ate burgers. It was where both brothers said cops regularly held raids.
Los Angeles police still patrol the area often and treat people suspiciously, Samiel said.
The Marathon Clothing store hired mostly felons because they often have a hard time finding work with a criminal record. Felons also are prohibited from carrying guns.
“Because of that, the man was able to shoot my brother, start running, realize nobody out there had a gun, stop, turn back around, walk up, shoot my brother two more times, start to run, realize nobody had a gun, nobody was responding, ran back up and shot my brother three more times, shoot him in the head and kicked him in the head and then ran off,” Samiel dissected.
“If somebody would’ve been there — if I would’ve been there — I would’ve shot back,” he said. “I just wish I would’ve been there.”
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The ambulance arrived at the hospital before Samiel got there. The doctor seemed to be avoiding him.
Samiel walked toward the ambulance and approached a paramedic.
“I know who he is,” the man said. “I’m a fan. I respect what he was doing in the community.”
“We tried our hardest,” Samiel recalls him saying.
Since then, Samiel has been trying to come to terms with what happened, but it’s hard to know who to trust. His brother’s death feels like an “execution.”
He wonders if the attack was a hit job or if Holder was simply jealous.
“It doesn’t make sense that somebody from the area, that just snuck up, and just talked to him and shook his hand minutes before,” Samiel said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
Samiel said he’s focused on preserving his brother’s legacy.
“He made something work in an area that was run-down, that people were scared to come to, and he turned it into a landmark,” he said. “All races. Different states. Many countries. They all come to Crenshaw and Slauson. He was truly the people’s champ.”
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Angel Jennings is a reporter for the metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She covers issues that affect residents in South Los Angeles. Since joining The Times in 2011, Angel has written for the Business section and covered education. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and graduated from the University of Nebraska.
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That's a good point. Considering so much information readily becomes available online quickly with serious news stories.
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Wow that’s awesome
This thread makes me cry on everything just seeing how motivating the young Cuzz was.
Damn Nip.
We gotta start protecting our Gems
Damn Nip.
We gotta start protecting our Gems
He has better lyrics to quote than that...
Will not be surprised if happens to this mafucka. By the end of this week.
Nipsey Hussle Killer Fired Additional Shots After Rapper Talked Back
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Sources at the scene of Nipsey's murder tell us ... after Eric Holder allegedly shot Nipsey twice and the rapper fell to the ground, Nipsey raised his head and said something to the effect of, "You shot me, you got me, I'm good."
We're told Holder -- who had already started to walk away -- turned around and walked back in Nipsey's direction when he realized the rapper was still alive. That's when Holder fired additional shots at Nipsey ... those bullets, eyewitnesses believe, that killed him.
https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/07/nipsey-hussle-murder-fired-shots-rapper-spoke-eric-holder/
Don’t give it more energy bruh. It’s worthless.Want a cookie for telling my story and keeping shit a buck...?
Bro nobody is talking about me besides your stupid ass
You don’t care. I get it. I don’t give a fuck about you or anything In your life.
But I do have to shout out all the fam who’ve reached out privately with kind words in this tough time. I didn’t know Nipsey too well. I knew Ermias and like I said I will always rep my nigga.
Regardless of what a internet gossip ass nigga thinks.