Nipsey Hussle Dead at 33, Hip Hop Pays Tribute

Nipsey Hussle was gunned down Sunday afternoon. Reportedly, the incident happened in front of his clothing store, The Marathon Clothing located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, south of the Crenshaw area.

The Hip Hop community–and the whole world as far as I’m concerned–has taken a blow! I rocked with Nipsey the long way. Partially, because I was a long time fan of Snoop Dogg. Yeah, their speaking tone and demeanors were similar. But you could clearly hear the difference when Nipsey spit.

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Nipsey was what I wanted Snoop to become– keeping it ‘G, but more lyrically. I felt like Snoop mastered simplicity, which was cool–that was his lane. And for the record, the O.G. could spit some real bars when he wanted to. He got down on “The Bidness,” from the 2004 album, R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece. But that was just one out of every 20 tracks. I wanted more–and I got more in Nipsey’s 2010 mixtape, The Marathon.

Now, that’s not to degrade Snoop in no capacity. Again, he mastered simplicity–he mastered cool. But Nipsey added the extra seasoning that I personally wanted. He’ll truly be missed!

Reports say there were 2 other people shot, but survived. The allege shooter fled in a vehicle after the shooting.  Which can be seen in a video posted by TMZ.

CELEBRITIES BELOW PAYS TRIBUTE TO NIPSEY HUSSLE BELOW

This doesn’t make any sense! My spirit is shaken by this! Dear God may His spirit Rest In Peace and May You grant divine comfort to all his loved ones! 💔🙏🏿
I’m so sorry this happened to you @nipseyhussle pic.twitter.com/rKZ2agxm2a

— Rihanna (@rihanna) April 1, 2019

You were about something..positive and for your community in every chance you had to speak..and because of that You inspired millions..millions who will uphold your legacy forever. rest amongst the stars. 🙏🏾 https://t.co/7gZ795wcQT

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) April 1, 2019

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Just posted this when I woke up this morning because it was on my heart to do so…. not knowing, hours later my friend would be shot & killed in front of his own store. We just talked yesterday & laughed together about how lucky we were to make it out of a city where so many are lost before they can actually achieve anything in life… now look, a good man, a great rapper & amazing father taken from his family & this earth at 33 years old… SMFH at this one cause Lord knows nip was as GOOD of a human as I’ve ever known. Everything he did for “Crenshaw & Slauson” & that’s where my nigga was murdered ?!?!?!? Sick to my fuckin stomach right now !!!!!!!! Coward shit on me !!!!!! This can’t be life !!!!! #RestWellKing 🙏🏾 @nipseyhussle

A post shared by The Game (@losangelesconfidential) on Mar 31, 2019 at 5:36pm PDT

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Rest In Peace, Young Nip. May God bless your soul and keep watch over your family. For those who never met him personally, he was all that he profiled himself to be and much more than met the eye. Natural born hustler; at the age of nine he worked at Chamber’s Shoes on Slauson. Much love to a young legend. #Salute #HipHop #Greatness

A post shared by THA GENERAL IZ BACC (@big_traydeee) on Apr 1, 2019 at 1:23pm PDT

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Today is a sad day, we lost a real soldier, Cold blooded. When you kill the ones that’s feeding our people how do we eat? Rip Nipsey Hussle My Condolences to his family

A post shared by Master P (@masterp) on Mar 31, 2019 at 10:00pm PDT

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