The many legacies of Nipsey Hussle

The Times spoke to three members of Nipsey’s community about his legacy.

Aug. 26, 2024 4:57 PM PT

On August 15, 2024, Nipsey Hussle, the Grammy-nominated rapper who never abandoned his ’hood, would’ve turned 39 years old. Born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, Hussle was gunned down in broad daylight outside his clothing store off Slauson Avenue in 2019.

Five years later, the Times’ Michael Blackshire spoke to rapper and Hussle collaborator Dom Kennedy, Tariq Nasheed, the founder of the Hidden History Museum, and the self-described “Mayor of Leimert” about Hussle and his legacy.

Read more about his life, death and legacy here.

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Michael Blackshire

Michael Blackshire is a 2023-24 photography fellow at the Los Angeles Times. He previously interned at the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune and his work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Huffington Post and New York Magazine. Blackshire is from Kentucky and spent his teenage years in Metro Atlanta. He received his higher education from Western Kentucky University and Ohio University.

Nicholas Ducassi

Nicholas Ducassi is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts at the Los Angeles Times. He has interviewed artists at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more, including Eva Longoria, Seth Meyers, America Ferrera, Henry Winkler, Helen Mirren and Jamie Lee Curtis. His videos have garnered more than 100 million views and nominations from the Television Academy and the L.A. Press Club.