“and it’s going against the laws of nature to charge for something that is ubiquitous. It would be like charging for air.”
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Nipsey Hussle
Ermias Joseph Asghedom, known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was an American rapper, activist and entrepreneur. Emerging from the West Coast hip-hop scene in the mid-2000s, Hussle self-released his debut mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success, leading him to sign with Cinematic Music Group and Epic Records.
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business · American rapper (1985–2019) · rapper · songwriter · entrepreneur · actor · activist · gangster · also Nipsey Hussle, Nipsey Hu$$le, Ermias Asghedom, Ermias Joseph Asghedom, Hussle
Born 15 August 1985 · Died 31 March 2019 · Q2073970
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Money is a tool – it’s the means, not the end. [Inspiration is] the metric that dictates whether or not a project is a success. It’s more realistic than trying to aim for radio play, or trying to satisfy an A&R, or the other gatekeepers on these platforms. I don’t even know how to create with those things in mind. But if you tell me the goal is to inspire? That makes my job a lot easier.
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2026· 10 entries
“Money is a tool – it’s the means, not the end. [Inspiration is] the metric that dictates whether or not a project is a success. It’s more realistic than trying to aim for radio play, or trying to satisfy an A&R, or the other gatekeepers on these platforms. I don’t even know how to create with those things in mind. But if you tell me the goal is to inspire? That makes my job a lot easier.”
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“As much as I believe in it. Every time I get a transaction, I get a text on my phone, and I’ve been hitting them back. The feedback and the connection I have with these people help me understand the psychology of the person paying $1,000 for some songs that, realistically, you could download for free.”
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“The software is a direct consumer enhancement tool that allows creators of the content to own the relationship, and own the data of those transactions. It existed before Mailbox Money, but its first usage is with the release of this album. It’s going to blossom pretty soon, and I feel like it’s something every artist is going to use. You had to add Instagram, you had to add Twitter, and I feel like everybody will be using this.”
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“Where are my equipment cooling circuit breakers?”
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“s Larry King Live. Roe was with Tammy Faye at the moment of her death. Codeine...bourbon... Who: Tallulah Bankhead, an American actress of the stage and screen, and a reputed libertine. Note: Her response when asked if she wanted anything. You know. Bill and I have working on Hanna-Barbera studios since many years ago. We”
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Yahoo: Complex LA to Host Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux’s 'Prolific' Pop-Up
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Public attention spiked: 5,924 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 1,960, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Complex LA to Host Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux’s 'Prolific' Pop-Up” (Yahoo).
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Released album “PROLIFIC”.
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BroadwayWorld: Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux Drop I JUST WANNA KNOW Video
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2025· 1 entry
Released ep “Xtra Laps 2”.
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2023· 1 entry
Holder was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison
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2022· 2 entries
Holder was found guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter relating to injuries he caused to bystanders
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Awarded Hollywood Walk of Fame (2022).
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2020· 3 entries
Released album “All Eyez on the Hussle”.
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Metal band Body Count released their seventh studio album titled Carnivore
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Rapper Snoop Dogg released the tribute song "Nipsey Blue," which is dedicated to Nipsey Hussle
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2019· 7 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Crayola named its new blue crayon "Nipsey Blue" in honor of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Jay-Z set up a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children.” Pants on Fire.
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NBA player Russell Westbrook notched the second 20-20-20 game in NBA history in honor of Hussle
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Holder was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and was held in solitary confinement
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Hussle was fatally shot outside his store in South Central Los Angeles
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Died 2019-03-31.
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But lost to Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy
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2018· 3 entries
Released ep “Nipsey Hussle & YG”.
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Debuting at number 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 53,000 album equivalent units in its first week
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Released album “Victory Lap”.
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2017· 3 entries
Which he founded along with partners Carless, Civil, and his brother Samiel Asghedom
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Hussle opened the Marathon Clothing store on June 17, 2017, which he founded along with partners Carless, Civil, and his brother Samiel Asghedom.
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And started a co-working environment which he named "Vector 90"
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2016· 6 entries
Released ep “Famous Lies And Unpopular Truths”.
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Released album “Famous Lies and Unpopular Truths”.
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Released album “Slausonizm”.
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Released album “No Pressure”.
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Released album “Slauson Boy 2”.
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Released another mixtape, titled Famous Lies and Unpopular Truth
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2015· 1 entry
Hussle was featured in a cameo "The Sexy Getting Ready Song" in the pilot episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, rapping two bars
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “Mailbox Money”.
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2013· 12 entries
Hussle confirmed that Victory Lap would feature production from Ralo, 1500 or Nothin', the Futuristiks and DJ Mustard
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Released album “Crenshaw”.
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Released another trailer for the mixtape, and attracted attention when he revealed 1,000 hard copies of the mixtape would be sold for $100 each
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Released album “Nip Hussle the Great, Vol. 2”.
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Released album “Nip Hussle the Great, Vol. 1”.
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Revealed the track list for Crenshaw, which contained guest appearances from Rick Ross, Dom Kennedy, Slim Thug, James Fauntleroy II, Z-Ro, Skeme, and Sade, among others
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That he would be releasing a new mixtape, Crenshaw (hosted by DJ Drama), on October 8, 2013
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Released album “The Premier Hussle”.
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Hussle announced that Victory Lap would be released as an album, rather than a mixtape
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Released various songs from his upcoming mixtape Crenshaw, including the 9th Wonder produced track "Face the World", and a Futuristics and 1500 or Nothin'–produced track "Blessings"
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After it was pushed back from its initial December 2012 release date
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When he founded Marathon Agency with business partners Karen Civil and Jorge Peniche
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2012· 3 entries
Hussle released a collaborative album with fellow rapper Blanco, Raw
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Released album “RAW”.
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Released album “The Marathon Continues: X-Tra Laps”.
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “Gang Injunction”.
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Released album “The Marathon Continues”.
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Hussle released a sequel titled The Marathon Continues, which featured L
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2010· 6 entries
Released album “The Marathon”.
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Released his first All Money In Records mixtape, titled The Marathon, which featured guest appearances from Kokane and MGMT
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Released album “A Eastcoast, Westcoast Thing”.
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“They’re not letting artists own anything! We’re going to end up 60 years old without a pot to piss in – no catalogue, no mailbox money, no residuals. “We’re supposed to be in control. We’re supposed to own this shit. Unless you don’t have the mental capacity to do so, but that doesn’t apply to me.”
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Nipsey opted not to renew his contract and left the label
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Starred in the film Caged Animal, alongside Ving Rhames, Gillie Da Kid and Robert Patrick
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Volume 3”.
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. II”.
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Released album “Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 1”.
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Hussle released the first two installments in his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series of mixtapes, which helped to bring Hussle's music to a larger audience
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2007· 1 entry
Hussle played a small role in Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's semi-autobiographical film I Tried, which was directed by Rich Newey
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared as a featured performer on the final posthumous album by 2Pac, Pac's Life
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Slauson Boy, Vol. 1”.
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2004· 1 entry
When Asghedom was 19, his father took him and his brother Samiel on a three-month trip to Eritrea
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2002· 1 entry
At the age of 17, Hussle joined Buttervision, a creative multimedia Digital Guerrilla movement led by Dexter Browne where he was part of the BV Boys Sampler, Beats & Babes Vol
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1985· 2 entries
Born 1985-08-15.
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And raised in the Crenshaw District of South Central Los Angeles by his mother Angelique Smith (née Boutte), an African-American, and Dawit Asghedom, an Eritrean who came to Los Angeles in the 1970s
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1861· 1 entry
“s surrender, and after completing his entry, shot himself in the head. Hurry it up! I want to be in hell in time for dinner. Who: Edward H. Rulloff, a convicted serial killer and last person to be executed by hanging in the State of New York. I feel like one of my engines is going out or something. Who: Richard Russell Note: Russell had stolen a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 from Seattle-Tacoma airport and taken it for a joyride. This was Russell”
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