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Nipsey Hussle

Sparked by the life and untimely passing of Nipsey Hussle, this major collaborative project looks at his work and the events around his passing.

Much of the work is reflective, and by those who grew up in the second and third wave of hip hop looking at how a figure garnered so much attention and left an indelible legacy in pushing towards improving self and community.

The Nipsey Hussle Edition | MCP Introduction

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

The untimely murder of Nipsey Hussle, birth name, Ermias Asghedom transformed me. From shock to anger to grief to sadness to purpose—all

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Nipsey notes | Think Piece

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

“This Brother was a Good Brother. He didn’t’ get into an excessive amount of trouble…”

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Even those who attempted to smear his legacy had not a single leg to stand on | Think Piece

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

We hear about celebrities dying pretty often, and I always do the same thing. Call my cousin, say, “damn that’s too bad”

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Mixtapes, murals and memorials: LA stopped to pay their respects to a king | Photo Story

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

He was cool like Snoop Had a hustle like Jay Z And was a revolutionary like ‘Pac.

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Discovering Nipsey Hussle’s legacy | Think Piece

April 12, 2019November 17, 2019
Nipsey Hussle

When I first heard the news about Nipsey Hussle, I had no idea who he was. As a 43-year-old white Jewish guy

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‘I’ve never felt the city’s pulse like this. I’ve never felt the city mourn like this.’ The passing, life and impact of Nipsey Hussle

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

Entertainment industry executive and musician, Dame Crawford briefly talks about how Nipsey Hussle’s life and his work reached far wider than he

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He was true royalty: Jaaye Person-Lynn speaks on all things Nipsey Hussle | Video

April 12, 2019September 11, 2019
Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

Jaaye Perosn-Lynn, an abolitionist and civil rights attorney who also practices criminal defense, speaks on his connections and admiration for artist-activist, Nipsey

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‘It’s blue rags and murders out here.’ Los Angeles simmers at the announcement of LAPD arrest in Nipsey Hussle shooting

April 3, 2019March 4, 2020
Crime/Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

Tension in South Los Angeles cools when residents learned that the Nipsey Hussle shooting suspect, Eric Holder, was apprehended.

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Los Angeles citizens enact their own investigation to deliver a suspect in Nipsey Hussle shooting

April 2, 2019April 15, 2019
Crime/Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

The Los Angeles Police Department identifies a suspect in the shooting death of Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Ashgedom, thanks to the investigative and

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‘This shit kicked the air out of Los Angeles.’ Rapper, activist, entrepreneur, Nipsey Hussle shot and killed

April 1, 2019April 15, 2019
Crime/Major Collaborative Project/Nipsey Hussle

At 33, Nipsey Hussle, whose birth name is Ermias Ashgedom, was one of the last frontiersmen who worked to sustain a viable

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