Full coverage: Nipsey Hussle gunned down in South L.A.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot multiple times outside his clothing store on March 31, 2019, in the same neighborhood where he was known as much for his civic work as he was for his hip-hop music. He was 33.
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Eric Holder Jr. was sentenced to at least 60 years in prison after his murder conviction in the 2018 shooting death of Crenshaw rapper Nipsey Hussle.
Feb. 22, 2023
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The series will include interviews with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Lauren London and more, along with previously unseen footage of Hussle.
Nov. 15, 2022
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Local leaders dedicated the Hyde Park Station on the K Line to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle and the Crenshaw community.
Aug. 10, 2022
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The alley near where rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in 2019 will be closed for 18 months.
July 29, 2022
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Holder, convicted of first-degree murder, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down the Crenshaw musician and community figure.
July 6, 2022
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After a two-week trial that started with Eric Holder Jr.’s attorney admitting his client shot and killed L.A. rapper Nipsey Hussle, a jury will now decide whether the gunman should be convicted of murder or manslaughter.
July 1, 2022
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Eric Holder, who has admitted to killing Nipsey Hussle, was jumped in a holding cell, his attorney said.
June 29, 2022
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Bryannita Nicholson, a key witness in the trial of the man who killed L.A. rapper Nipsey Hussle, tells her story in court for the first time.
June 22, 2022
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The murder trial against Eric Holder Jr., who is accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle in a Crenshaw parking lot, begins.
June 15, 2022
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On his new LP, released three years to the day Nipsey Hussle was killed, Pacman da Gunman reflects on his journey, and the crucial role Hussle played in it.
March 31, 2022
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Los Angeles rapper-entrepreneur-community activist Nipsey Hussle and actress-author-screenwriter Carrie Fisher will get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
June 18, 2021
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Los Angeles continues to mourn the loss of rapper and avid basketball fan Nipsey Hussle two years after his death.
March 31, 2021
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In “The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle,” Rob Kenner nails down the first biography of the iconic L.A. rapper who died in 2019.
March 23, 2021
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Celebrate Juneteenth 2021: Car parade through Black L.A.
June 18, 2021
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Kellie Hart started a bike club to relieve stress over the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, her club has grown into shop — and a movement.
June 2, 2021
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Lauren London reflects on acting, Nipsey Hussle, Black L.A.
May 25, 2021
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World on Wheels co-owner Tommy Karas said battles with his landlord and now the COVID-19 closure doomed the roller rink beloved by Black L.A.
Jan. 6, 2021
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A Los Angeles police sergeant who was repeatedly disciplined over controversial posts on his personal Facebook and Instagram accounts is suing the LAPD for violating his constitutional rights.
Nov. 18, 2020
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Although the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel was called Drop the Beat, it started with a moment of silence.
April 13, 2019
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The men arrived in twos and threes, Crips and Bloods, young and middle-aged, gathering around a picnic table in a Compton park to confront their sworn enemies.
June 23, 2019
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The Los Angeles Police Department opened an internal affairs investigation to determine why a desk officer turned away the woman who drove the getaway car after her passenger fatally shot rapper Nipsey Hussle.
July 1, 2019
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Nipsey Hussle spent part of the afternoon of March 31 signing autographs, taking photos with fans and talking with friends at the Hyde Park strip mall where he owned several businesses.
June 27, 2019
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The night after Nipsey Hussle was killed, the woman who drove the alleged shooter from the scene saw something alarming on the news: her car and license plate.
June 28, 2019
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The documents, which reveal Hussle’s final moments, were ordered released at a hearing after the Los Angeles Times argued in court for public access.
June 28, 2019
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A judge ruled Thursday that transcripts from the grand jury hearing of a man accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle should be released, saying that unsealing the documents would not jeopardize his right to a fair trial.
June 27, 2019
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Inside the U.S.
May 24, 2019
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A grand jury has indicted the man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle during an attack in South Los Angeles on March 31.
May 21, 2019
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Nipsey Hussle’s stretch of Slauson Avenue has largely been overlooked by the gentrification boom that has transformed so many neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
May 8, 2019
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A parolee who was shot along with Nipsey Hussle on March 31 outside the rapper’s clothing shop was released from Men’s Central Jail early Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
April 18, 2019
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The large, predominantly black crowd outside of Staples Center was antsy, the way most crowds are when a concert or game is about to start and people are anxious to get inside.
April 16, 2019
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About a week before Nipsey Hussle’s death, I was watching these YouTube videos about L.A. gangs on Street TV and Kev Mac Videos, channels with more than 270,000 combined subscribers and several million views.
April 14, 2019
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One of the men who was wounded in the shooting that killed beloved South L.A. rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle has been arrested on a parole violation, according to officials and court records.
April 12, 2019
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Nipsey Hussle, the Grammy-nominated rapper who never abandoned his ’hood, made his final victory lap around Los Angeles on Thursday — a star-studded event that was bathed in blackness.
April 11, 2019
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A small altar bloomed in the shadow of the Watts Towers, beneath a large butcher-paper sign painted with the words “From Watts with love: RIP Ermias Nipsey Hussle Asghedom.”
April 11, 2019
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The last time Nipsey Hussle was at Staples Center, he was headlining the BET Experience concert in June.
April 11, 2019
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Here is the letter written by former President Obama about the death of Nipsey Hussle.
April 11, 2019
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There will be extensive security presence at the memorial at Staples Center for Nipsey Hussle on Thursday as well as a procession from the memorial through the streets of South L.A.
April 10, 2019
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Los Angeles police suspect that a gunman tried to kill another person at a vigil outside Nipsey Hussle’s store, another burst of violence in the same spot where the rapper was fatally shot the day before.
April 10, 2019
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To the world, he was Nipsey Hussle, the rapper, activist and entrepreneur whose “Victory Lap” album earned a Grammy nomination.
April 7, 2019
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At the age of 19, Nipsey Hussle took the money he earned hustling on the streets of South Los Angeles and bought a plane ticket to his father’s homeland — a tiny country in eastern Africa that fought a brutal war to secure its place in the world as Eritrea.
April 7, 2019
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In the days since rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside of his clothing store Sunday, his loved ones have taken comfort in each other, huddling, as they have for years, at Hussle’s grandmother’s house in South L.A.
April 5, 2019
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Christopher Darden, who two decades ago helped prosecute O.J.
April 5, 2019
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As storm after storm dumped rain on Los Angeles, the streets grew quiet.
April 5, 2019
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Kaya Buckley is a fan of Nipsey Hussle’s music.
April 5, 2019
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The caller on the other end of Samiel Asghedom’s phone was panicked but clear.
April 4, 2019
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Eric Holder, the 29-year-old aspiring rapper who is accused of fatally shooting Nipsey Hussle on Sunday, was charged during a court appearance Thursday afternoon with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
April 4, 2019
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It was just after noon Tuesday when authorities got their big break in the slaying of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
April 4, 2019
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Even by rappers’ standards, Fly Mac was full of braggadocio.
April 3, 2019
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A suspect in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle is in custody, authorities said, ending a two-day manhunt.
April 2, 2019
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Years ago, a popular burger joint in Nipsey Hussle’s South Los Angeles neighborhood had high-top tables but no chairs.
April 2, 2019
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The killing was like many others in this city — a young man gunned down on a street in South Los Angeles.
April 2, 2019
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The Los Angeles Police Department provided more details about the chaos at Monday’s memorial for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, saying a man with a gun appears to have sparked a stampede that left several people hurt.
April 2, 2019
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Near the spot where homegrown South L.A. rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed Sunday afternoon, Louis Aikens had two reasons to mourn the loss.
April 2, 2019
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Hundreds of mourners who had gathered Monday night to remember Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle fled the memorial in droves after inaccurate reports of shots fired in the area.
April 1, 2019
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An extra jersey hung in the lockers belonging to Clippers reserves Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell on Sunday afternoon inside Staples Center.
April 1, 2019
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A banner of Nipsey Hussle is stretched across an exterior of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall.
April 1, 2019
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The killing of Nipsey Hussle on Sunday has generated widespread mourning, international headlines and outrage.
April 1, 2019
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Nipsey Hussle, a Grammy-nominated rapper was killed Sunday afternoon, shot in broad daylight outside his store in South Los Angeles in a burst of gunfire that left two other people wounded, police said.
March 31, 2019
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Los Angeles police have identified a suspect in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle as Eric Holder, 29, of Los Angeles, and said they are searching for him.
April 1, 2019
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As police investigated the fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle in South Los Angeles, hundreds converged on the site to pay their respects.
March 31, 2019
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Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who helped bring back Los Angeles roller rink favorite World on Wheels and detailed to The Times in 2018 how he had developed a deep love of music and technology, was killed Sunday.
March 31, 2019
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To those who knew him, Nipsey Hussle was a pillar in his native South L.A. community.
April 1, 2019