Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot Dead And Striking Similarity With Tupac's Tragic

Nagini Shree |Apr 04, 2019

Rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in a shooting, the same way with Tupac Shakur decades ago. Both had worked for the community's welfare but met a tragic end.

After Nipsey Hussle, real name Ermias Davidson Asghedom, was a GRAMMY-nominated artist and beloved community leader whose death sent shock waves through the music industry, Hip hop got its mark.1242911076001 6021424363001 6021422919001 Vs

Source: etonline.comBorn on Aug. 15, 1985, Nipsey Hussle said he got involved in street life as he tried to support himself, and he joined the gang Rollin 60s Neighborhood Crips as a teenager, which he once described as “one of the biggest Crip gangs of our generation.”

Besides excellent business sense, the talented rapper Nipsey Hussle also involved in community projects aimed at improving life for residents, especially young people, in South Los Angeles. His activities to fight against gang culture and to uplift the community reminds similar efforts by Tupac Shakur, a famous rapper who was killed by unknown assailants in 1996. However, he did not live long enough to achieve the legendary musical catalogue of Tupac Shakur - his death, as with Shakur’s - will mark a sad milestone in the lives of younger hip-hop fans and the music industry.

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There are striking resembles between the two artists. Both used their fame and popularity as a tool to fight against injustice and gang violence. Both grew from hard street lives to become stars in the entertainment industry. And both would become victims of gun violence, against which they had raised voice.

One Twitter user simply stated: ‘Nipsey was like Tupac to me.’ Another fan, who was too young to remember when Tupac died, added:

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