Nipsey hussle the marathon zip5/30/2023 The three-month trip would redirect the gangbanging teen to community activism and entrepreneurship. In turn, his father made it a point to expand his world by taking him and his brother to his own homeland of Eritrea in 2004. A mix of poor socio-economic politics and gang culture in his Crenshaw neighbourhood lead a 14-year old Ermias to join the Rollin' 60s Crips. They shared similar values with regard to bettering their communities, spoke eagerly about self-love and had visions of a greater world.īut Asghedom wasn't perfect. In some respects, his life story paralleled the late Tupac Shakur, who, in 1997, was also killed by gun violence. This one was Nipsey Hussle.īorn Ermias Asghedom in 1985, the Los Angeles-bred rapper led a life rooted in Black excellence and financial freedom. It's a story this community has heard several times before - a rap star on the brink of their breakout gunned down for reasons not truly clear, but this one felt different. Shocked, confused, angry and devastated were a handful of emotions that zip-lined through the hip-hop community on March 31, 2019.
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