![]() ![]() (Courtesy of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) A 2013 photo of Aswad Pops, 48 who died in San Quentin State Prison on Aug. The death of 48-year-old Aswad Pops is being investigated as a suicide, though the cause of death will not be determined until an autopsy is conducted, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said in a statement. “Watching Nipsey inspired me to invest and own in our communities,” Emmy-nominated actress Issa Rae, also from Los Angeles, wrote on Twitter.A man sentenced to death in 2000 for taking part in the murder of four people, including a Corona man, at a Compton car wash died Thursday at San Quentin State Prison, officials said. Forbes magazine reported in February that with business partner Dave Gross, the rapper had purchased the Crenshaw plaza where his Marathon Clothing store is located, and had plans to knock it down and “rebuild it as a six-story residential building atop a commercial plaza where a revamped Marathon store will be the anchor tenant.” Outside of music, Hussle said he wanted to provide hope and motivation to those who grew up in Crenshaw like him, and pay it forward. Rapper Nas mourned Hussle’s death on Instagram and wrote, “It’s dangerous to be an MC. This (stuff has) got to stop man,” he said in the second video. Snoop Dogg posted a video of himself and Hussle together on Instagram, and posted a second clip sending prayers to the rapper’s family. NBA star Steph Curry tweeted, “God please cover and restore right now!!!” Many celebrities were mourning his death on social media. inspiring, humbling,” he said in an interview with the Recording Academy on the red carpet of the 2019 Grammys, which he attended with this daughter. “It’s my debut album so for my first one (to be nominated) out the gate, it’s like, it was overwhelming a little bit. Cardi B’s “Invasion of Privacy” won the honor. 4 on Billboard’s 200 albums charts and featured collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, CeeLo Green and more.Īt this year’s Grammy Awards, “Victory Lap” was one of five nominees for best rap album in a year that hip-hop dominated the pop charts and streaming services and a number of top stars released projects, including Drake, Eminem and Kanye West. The proud West Coast rapper continued to build more hype for himself, scoring big when Jay-Z bought 100 copies of his 2013 mixtape “Crenshaw” for $100 each, and sent him a $10,000 check.ĭuring the 2016 presidential campaign, Hussle and rapper YG released the protest song “FDT,” short for "(Expletive) Donald Trump.” He later hit a new peak with “Victory Lap,” his critically acclaimed major-label debut album on Atlantic Records that made several best-of lists last year, from Billboard magazine to Complex. In 2010 he placed on hip-hop magazine XXL’s “Freshman Class of 2010" - a coveted list for up-and-coming hip-hop acts - alongside J. Hussle released a number of successful mixtapes that he sold out of the trunk of his car, helping him create a buzz and gain respect from rap purists and his peers. Music eventually happened for Hussle, who said in interviews that his stage name, a play on the 1960s and 70s rhyming standup comic Nipsey Russell, was given to him as a teen by an older friend because he was such a go-getter - always hustling. it’s like, we were just raised like if you with me and something goes now, I’m in it.” “So by being outside, being involved with hustling, being in the hood, doing things to try to get money, being young, you know riding your bike through the hood, getting shot at, your loved ones and homies that’s your age getting killed, getting shot at. ![]() “The culture of my area is the gang culture,” he explained in a 2014 interview with VladTV. Hussle said he got involved in street life as he tried to support himself, and he joined the gang Rollin 60’s Neighborhood Crips as a teenager. Hussle said his first passion was music but getting resources was tough after leaving his mother’s house at 14 to live with his grandmother. “And that’s cool, but there should be something that says, ‘Follow Elon Musk, follow (Mark) Zuckerberg.’” Hussle explained where he was coming from in a Los Angeles Times interview last year: “In our culture, there’s a narrative that says, ‘Follow the athletes, follow the entertainers,’” he said.
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