UPDATED: L.A. police release suspect info in Nipsey Hussle slaying
Published Tuesday, April 2, 2019 2:03AM EDTLos Angeles police say they have identified a man suspected of gunning down Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store the rapper hoped would be a catalyst for reviving the impoverished Los Angeles community where he grew up.
The vigil was held outside The Marathon clothing store where Hussle hoped to spark revitalization for the neighbourhood where he grew up. Hussle, 33, and his business partner purchased property in the Crenshaw neighbourhood, intending to knock it down and erect a six-story residential building atop a commercial plaza, with The Marathon as its anchor.
Some shed tears. Many mourners pulled out their phones to document the scene. Others yelled, "Long live Nipsey." "People would tease him," she said. "They didn't think that this would work out and look what happened. He persevered, he stayed in, he never gave up." The effort took him to a whole other level "where he ended up owning property on the same corner."
His hip-hop friends and other stars, including Rihanna and Snoop Dogg, mourned on social media, with many pointing out his particular role in uplifting African Americans. Hussle said 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.
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