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Man Shot Alongside Nipsey Hussle Released from Jail, Has Arrest Dismissed
Kerry Lathan, 56, was on parole when he was shot alongside Los Angeles rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, on March 31. Lathan was with Hussle when he was slain in front of his Marathon Clothing store in Hyde Park. Because he was on parole, and because Hussle maintained a well-known affiliation with…
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The Rent Is Too Damn High and Now Los Angeles City Council Says It Wants to Help by Banning Section 8 Bans Targeting the Poor
Finding decent, affordable housing for yourself and your family can be tough, especially if you’re working-class or low-income and living in any one of the rapidly gentrifying big cities in the nation. In Los Angeles, where median rent for an apartment is $2,428, lawmakers have moved to make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against…
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Have You Ever Thought About Your Funeral?
I’ve been to a lot of funerals in my life, so many that I really have no idea what that number is. The first funeral I vividly remember attending was in high school for a friend who went to my school. While the rumor mill was full of conspiracy theories, it was determined that he…
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Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles
Tens of thousands of people packed Los Angeles’ 21,000-capacity Staples Center Thursday while many others stood outside and gathered throughout the city as fans, friends and family bid farewell to Nipsey Hussle at a public memorial. Billed as a “Celebration of Life,” the memorial brought people together from throughout Los Angeles and beyond. Scripture was…
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Nipsey Hussle's Mother Shares Words of Encouragement: 'He’s Even Greater Because He Has No Limits'
In the wake of her son’s death, Nipsey Hussle’s mother says she has “perfect peace” knowing her son’s memory now has “no bounds and no limits.” Nipsey, born Ermias Ashgedom, was fatally shot outside his Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles on March 31. Days before the iconic L.A. rapper is scheduled to be…
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Watch: Nipsey Hussle on Eritrean Pride as Eritrean American Community Mourns One of Its Own
He became famous as Nipsey Hussle, but he was beloved as simply “Ermias” among the Eritrean-American community Hussle proudly embraced as the child born Ermias Asghedom to Eritrean and African American parents. Members of Los Angeles’ Eritrean American community gathered to remember Hussle during a memorial service Sunday at the Medhani-Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church…
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Memorial Service for Nipsey Hussle Will Not Be Ticketed Event, According to Karen Civil
While planning for Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service is underway, it will not be a ticketed event, according to Karen Civil. A TMZ report claimed the late Los Angeles rapper’s service would be held at the 21,000 seat Staples Center, as organizers expected the service to attract thousands. TMAZ claimed the tickets would be sold online…
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Chris Darden of O.J. Simpson Fame Is Representing Nipsey Hussle's Accused Killer
Chris Darden, O.J. Simpson’s former prosecutor, is now the defense attorney for 29-year-old Eric Holder, the man charged with murder in the death of Nipsey Hussle. Truth is stranger than fiction. Yup. The guy so excellently portrayed recently by This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown in The People v. O.J. Simpson is now standing up…
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Los Angeles Cops Make Arrest in Fatal Shooting of Nipsey Hussle
Los Angeles police Tuesday nabbed a man wanted in the fatal shooting of Nipsey Hussle. The news comes just two days after Hussle’s sudden and tragic death Sunday at the hands of a gunman. Working on a tip that someone matching the suspect’s description was in the area, police arrested Eric Holder, 29, of Los…