{"id":2442372,"date":"2019-03-31T18:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T00:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=815476"},"modified":"2019-03-31T18:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T00:53:45","slug":"nipsey-hussle-grammy-nominated-rapper-shot-dead-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/nipsey-hussle-grammy-nominated-rapper-shot-dead-in-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-Nominated Rapper, Shot Dead in L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nipsey Hussle<\/a>, the Los Angeles rapper who earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album earlier this year, was shot and killed in L.A. on Sunday, according to NBC<\/span><\/a>, citing multiple law enforcement sources. He was 33.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hussle, whose real name is Ermias Asghedom, was one of three people shot outside of a clothing store he owned in L.A. on Sunday, NBC reports. Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department told NBC that the shooting occurred at approximately 3:20 p.m. in the 3400 block of Slauson Avenue. TMZ reports<\/a> that one man fled the crime scene in a car. The other two victims are in serious condition, according to NBC.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the news of Asghedom\u2019s death spread online, stars took to social media to pay tribute to the rapper. \u201cMy whole energy is just at a low right now hearing this,\u201d Drake wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201c\u2026 You were having the best run and I was so happy watching from distance fam nobody ever talks down on your name you were a real one to your people and to the rest of us. I\u2019m only doing this here cause I want the world to know I saw you as a man of respect and a don.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn\u2019t make any sense!\u201d Rihanna added on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cMy spirit is shaken by this! Dear God may His spirit Rest In Peace and May You grant divine comfort to all his loved ones!\u201d<\/p>\n

Asghedom was born in 1985 and started releasing mixtapes in the mid-2000s. While many rap careers in the streaming era are based around viral hits and seemingly overnight success, Asghedom relied on a different model: He built a fanbase slowly but surely, and never sacrificed his connection with West Coast hip-hop in an attempt to reach a wide audience. \u201cI was trying to make progress with every release,\u201d the rapper told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

His focus remained resolutely Los Angeles-centric: Asghedom\u2019s lengthy list of collaborators included Snoop Dogg, YG, the Game, DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign, Joe Moses, Kendrick Lamar, Buddy and Dom Kennedy, among others. Perhaps because Asghedom was such a champion of the West Coast, he never achieved anything like a national hit \u2014 his biggest solo success on Billboard\u2019s Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Songs chart was \u201cFeelin\u2019 Myself,\u201d a 2010 collaboration with Lloyd that reached Number 93.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Asghedom still knew how to seize the attention of a mass audience when he wanted to. He joined YG on \u201cFDT [Fuck Donald Trump],\u201d which remains one of the great protest songs of the Trump era: Cutting, incisive and catchy all at once. The track\u2019s gleeful video has earned more than 20 million views on YouTube to date.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asghedom was affiliated with Epic Records during the end of the 2000s, but a recent partnership with Atlantic Records proved more fruitful. \u201cIt got to the point around the last couple mixtapes, Crenshaw<\/em> and Mailbox Money<\/em>, where I reached a plateau on the indie level,\u201d the rapper explained. \u201c\u2026 There were things we felt like we were capable of doing that being indie was preventing us from doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With Atlantic, Asghedom finally released his major-label debut album, fittingly titled Victory Lap.<\/em> The album reached Number Four on the Billboard 200. It also went on to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, putting Asghedom in the same category as million-sellers like Cardi B and Travis Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy producers, like Mike & Keys, have been on Grammy nominated albums prior to working on mine,\u201d Asghedom told Rolling Stone<\/em> earlier this year. \u201cSo when they would start that talk [about awards], I\u2019d be like, \u2018Chill out.\u2019 That ain\u2019t really what the spirit of the project was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut,\u201d he added, \u201cpeople who love hip-hop, the art of storytellin\u2019, the underdog, banging production, they gonna love this album.\u201d<\/span> And they did.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following Asghedom\u2019s death, stars remembered his gifts as a rapper, but also his commitment to elevating those around him.<\/span> \u201cYou were about something positive and for your community in every chance you had to speak,\u201d Pharrell Williams wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cWatching Nipsey inspired me to invest and own in our communities,\u201d added Issa Rae<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lupe Fiasco encouraged listeners to revisit old Asghedom interviews. \u201cHe has a wisdom and a knowledge that you need to acquaint yourself with,\u201d Fiasco wrote<\/a>. \u201cWhen he speaks it really shows just how much of an intellectual giant he is.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

This story is developing<\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nipsey Hussle, the Los Angeles rapper who earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album earlier this year, was shot and killed in L.A. on Sunday, according to NBC, citing multiple law enforcement sources. He was 33. Hussle, whose real name is Ermias Asghedom, was one of three people shot outside of a clothing store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 09:51:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}