{"id":488050,"date":"2019-07-16T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=859465"},"modified":"2019-07-16T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:28:00","slug":"nipsey-hussle-under-ongoing-posthumous-investigation-for-gang-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/nipsey-hussle-under-ongoing-posthumous-investigation-for-gang-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipsey Hussle Under Ongoing Posthumous Investigation for Gang Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9881661ga.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nipsey-hussle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nipsey-hussle\" data-tag=\"nipsey-hussle\">Nipsey Hussle<\/a> is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney\u2019s office, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/15\/us\/nipsey-hussle-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>New York Times<\/em> reports<\/a>. According to the <em>Times<\/em>, Hussle, his business associates and his Marathon Clothing store are under investigation to determine if the strip mall location of Hussle\u2019s store was a center for gang activity.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/nipsey-hussle-grammy-nominated-rapper-shot-dead-in-l-a-815476\/\">Hussle was murdered<\/a> in March 2019 and is ongoing. It\u2019s unclear what sparked the investigation. A spokesman for the LAPD declined to comment on the specifics of the investigation, but told the <em>Times<\/em> that police are negotiating with Hussle\u2019s partners on the property \u201cto mitigate some of the crime issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city pressured Hussle\u2019s former landlords to evict the rapper and his associates as part of the investigation, according to the <em>Times<\/em> report. However, the former owners instead sold the property to Hussle and a group of investors.<\/p>\n<p>City Council member Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who represents South Los Angeles, told the <em>Times<\/em> that his office has been working for years to seek more information on the investigation on behalf of Hussle and his business partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everybody in the community will do everything we can to make sure the ventures he started will continue,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is a very confusing hiccup in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/nipsey-hussle-investigation-gang-ties-859465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Nipsey Hussle is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney\u2019s office, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, Hussle, his business associates and his Marathon Clothing store are under investigation to determine if the strip mall location of Hussle\u2019s store was a center for gang activity. 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