BET Awards 2021: Nipsey Hussle: A hero and always in our hearts.
The rapper, activist, and hero wanted to lift up his community and he proved it every day
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It has been a little over two years since Grammy-Award-winning rapper
Eric Holder, was arrested by Los Angeles police in April of 2019 and is being held in a Los Angeles County jail on a $7 million plus bond. His trial has been delayed due to the coronavirus shutting down the court system.
Nipsey Hussle (nee
Ermias Asghedom) was more than just a rapper. Yes, he was a Grammy-winning artist, but his main concern was to uplift Black people. For many years, he had been trying to broker peace between rival gangs in Los Angeles. Hussle was associated with the Rolling ‘60s Crips, and with the help of Bloods-affiliated rapper Game, he sought to bring the two factions together.
Amazon Prime Video’s action film
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse.
In an interview with
Entertainment Tonight, Lauren London went into depth about her experience co-starring along side Michael B. Jordan in the flick as his Navy SEAL character’s pregnant wife, explaining the situation in which the
Creed III actor reached out to her directly for the role the same year Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot and killed in Los Angeles outside of his Marathon clothing store.
“We shot it in 2019 I believe and forgive me, my memory doesn’t serve me so well after grief and everything,” Lauren London said. “Michael reached out to me as a friend and he was so unsure if I was even going to ever work again. And he was like, ‘Look, I’m unsure if this is what you want to do, but I have to follow my intuition, I have to ask you if can you just read the script. ”
Lauren London says sons inspired her to get back to acting after death of Nipsey
London said her friend, Michael B. Jordan, reached out to her and invited her to appear in his new film, Without Remorse.
Actress
Lauren London said her two sons motivated her to return to work after the 2019 death of her partner, rapper
Nipsey Hussle.
Entertainment Tonight, said her friend, star actor-producer
Michael B. Jordan, reached out to her and invited her to appear in his new film,
Without Remorse.
Lauren London poses in the press room at last January’s 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
By Victor Omondi
Nipsey Hussle was murdered outside his Marathon clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019. Hussle’s girlfriend Lauren London led fans and celebrities on Instagram in paying a touching tribute in honor of the late father of her son.
On the day of his tragic death, Eric R. Holder visited Hussle’s Marathon store. After a short word exchange between the two longtime friends, Hussle reportedly raised concerns about Holder’s reputation, telling him that he was rumored to be a snitch. At that moment, Holder went to his car, pulled out his gun, and unloaded it on the 33-year-old rapper. Holder is now held in jail with a $6.5 million bond.