Rapper Nipsey Hussle dead after a shooting near Los Angeles clothing store he is associated with

CNN ^ | MARCH 31, 2019 | Christina Maxouris, Hollie Silverman and Sara Sidner, CNN

[Morgana]

(CNN)Rapper Nipsey Hussle has died after a shooting near a clothing store he was associated with in Los Angeles, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. Two other people were injured in the shooting around 3:20 p.m., according to the department. The incident occurred near a clothing store around the area of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard.

[Steely Tom]

He was a crips. Gang life ain’t easy.

Retirement options are somewhat limited.

[OrangeHoof]

Julius "Nipsey" Russell (1924-2005), funny comedian

Ermias Davidson Asghedom aka "Nipsey Hussle" (1985-2019), dead rapper and clothing entrepreneur

[Chode]

pharmaceutical, pretty big word for a crapper

[SunkenCiv]

Associated with a clothing store -- IOW, he was a drug dealer who also pretended to be a rap star.

• Rapper Nipsey Hussle killed in shooting outside his L.A. store

[Ezekiel]

Run DMC was pretty good. A million years ago before...

[oldenuff35]

Just another FBI statistic popping up.

Boys will be boys.

[dp0622]

I was a very young man with a bright future at the time!!

WTH happened? :)

Now excuse me, I have to go fix my flux capacitor.

[PGR88]

He was a good boy. All the neighbors loved his infectious smile. He was working on applying to college, and was about to marry his baby mama

[Truthoverpower]

Me too !!!

That guys super duper funny

[catnipman]

this is really sad because everyone knew he was on the verge of turning his motorcycle around ...

[yldstrk]

who?

[lee martell]

Yep. Most of early rap was fun and lighthearted.
Going all the way back to Debbie Harry in Blondie, singing
“Rapture” 1980. I can hear the intro with the strong baseline riff, accented by those brass bells right now.
Another favorite of that time: “Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club, 1981. Both mega-hits.

[b4me]

I think you may be right Morgana, seems there are articles from at least mid February saying Nipsey was making documentary about a Dr Sebi who heals people without traditional medical approach. Seems Dr Sebi was previously killed too.

[dp0622]

I remember.

I was born in ‘68 and grew up during the metal and glam rock years when satan’s music was going to destroy the world.

Compared to today’s rap, Motley Crue and Poison wrote church lyrics.

[dfwgator]

I remember all the fuss when 2 Live Crew came out, heck that stuff is G-Rated compared to the stuff today.

[dp0622]

Yeah it is!

The only rock band with some songs that come close happen to be one of my favorite bands, GnR.

But I didn’t like ANY of the songs with very vulgar lyrics.

Not because they were vulgar, but because they weren’t very good.

But they wrote my anthem, “One in a Million”, for us white teens who felt the ill winds of change coming.

[Frank_2001]

If he were home and in bed, he might be alive today. Sad!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Wow. You’re OLD! :-)

(Me too)

[dfwgator]

Nipsey Russell’s best all-time poem:

The opposite of ‘pro’ is ‘con’
This fact is clearly seen
But if ‘progress’ means move forward
What does ‘Congress’ mean?

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

I loved him on Match Game with Gene Rayburn.