In December 2005, Hussle independently released his first mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success.
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Music career 2008–2010: Bullets Ain't Got No Name series Asghedom credited the trip with inspiring him to become a community activist with an " entrepreneurial spirit". In 2004, when Asghedom was 19, his father took him and his brother Samiel on a three-month trip to Eritrea. His stage name, a play on the name of comedian and game show panelist Nipsey Russell, originated as a nickname given to Asghedom by a childhood acquaintance who respected his work ethic. He would also get his name "Nipsey Hussle" there and complete the recording for his debut mixtape Slauson Boy Volume 1. In 2002, at the age of 17, Hussle would join Buttervision, a creative multimedia Digital Guerrilla movement led by Dexter Browne where he would be part of the BV Boys Sampler, Beats & Babes Vol. Īt age 14, Asghedom left home and joined the local Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips, a sub-group of the larger Crips gang primarily based in his home neighborhood of Crenshaw. Asghedom attended Alexander Hamilton High School in the nearby Castle Heights neighborhood, and dropped out before graduating. He was raised with his brother Samiel a/k/a Blacc Sam and his sister Samantha. Early lifeĪirmiess Joseph Asghedom was born on August 15, 1985, and raised in the Crenshaw District of South Central Los Angeles by his mother Angelique Smith ( née Boutte), an African-American woman, and Dawit Asghedom, an Eritrean war refugee who came to the United States after fleeing a then ongoing Eritrean War of Independence. On February 22, 2023, Holder was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison. Holder was found guilty of first-degree murder on July 6, 2022. Eric Holder, a 29-year-old man who confronted Hussle earlier that day, was arrested and charged with murder two days later. On March 31, 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store in South Central Los Angeles. Outside of music, Hussle inaugurated the Marathon Clothing store, which he founded along with partners Carless, the head of the agency, Karen Civil, and his brother Samiel Asghedom in 2017, and started a co-working environment which he named "Vector 90".
At the 62nd Grammy Awards in 2020, two posthumous Grammy Awards for the songs " Racks in the Middle" and " Higher" were awarded to Hussle in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap/Sung Performance categories respectively. After much delay, his debut studio album Victory Lap was released in 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success, and was nominated for the Best Rap Album at the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019.
Hussle became known for his numerous mixtapes, including his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues, and Crenshaw, the last of which American rapper Jay-Z bought 100 copies for $100 each. Emerging from the West Coast hip hop scene in the mid-2000s, Hussle independently released his debut mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success, which led to him being signed to Cinematic Music Group and Epic Records. Ermias Joseph Asghedom (Aug– Maborn Airmiess Joseph Asghedom), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and activist.
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