The hip-hop world was rocked on Sunday night when news broke of Nipsey Hussle’s death. The rapper was shot six times outside of his store Marathon Clothing Company in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Los Angeles. Nipsey Hussle, whose real name Ermias Asghedom, was only 33-years-old.
Nipsey Hussle’s final tweet before he died said: “Having strong enemies is a blessing.”
Having strong enemies is a blessing.
— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) March 31, 2019
There were sympathetic reactions and disbelief from celebrities and music artists. Celebrities such as LeBron James, Drake, Meek Mill, Chance the Rapper, Rihanna, Vince Staples, Pharrell Williams, Lupe Fiasco, Whiz Khalifa, 21 Savage, ASAP Rocky, Soulja Boy, Biz Markie, Lil Pump, and Lil Yachty shared their grief of Nipsey Hussle’s untimely death.
😥😥😥😥😥😥‼️‼️‼️‼️ So so SAD man!! DAMN man this hurt.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 1, 2019
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Broke me…. we really fighting for our lives against our own kind and really have to take risk and match the level of hatred that we are born in .. I’m tired 🙏🏾 prayers for my brother and his family
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) April 1, 2019
RIP Nipsey man. This is tragic
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 1, 2019
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
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Rip Nipsey Hussle.
May God have mercy on your soul and bring peace to your family and friends.
You ARE a light and an inspiration to us all. And we gonna keep running this marathon. That yellow tape ain’t the finish line it’s the beginning of the victory lap. Legacy.
💙…
— CHECKIN’ Out Now! #APTMC (@LupeFiasco) April 1, 2019
Real one after real one smh R.I.P Nipsey the solid morals you stood on and your legacy will last 4L!!
— Saint Laurent Don (@21savage) April 1, 2019
MY HEART GOES OUT TO NIP N HIS FAM MAN , THIS MAN WAS ON THE RIGHT PATH AND DOING BETTER IN LIFE , N NIGGAS DO THIS EVIL SHIT, THIS GAME IS SO SHADY ITS DISGUSTING, RIP TO ONE OF THE ONLY REAL ONES LEFT @NipseyHussle 🙏🏽 SLEEP IN PEACE KING
— LORD FLACKO JODYE II (@asvpxrocky) April 1, 2019
Me Spitta and Nip was all sleepin on couches when we linked up. This shit got me super sad.
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) April 1, 2019
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REST IN PEACE NIPSEY HUSSLE
— vince (@vincestaples) April 1, 2019
Wow, nipsey was genuinely one of the realist niggas in the game. Smh rip. 🙏🏾
— CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) April 1, 2019
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Rip Nipsey 😔
— Lil pump (@lilpump) April 1, 2019
Rest In Peace Nipsey Hussle. Thank you for everything. Thank you for the music and the inspiration. The Marathon will continue. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— O’Shea Jackson Jr (@OsheaJacksonJr) April 1, 2019
RIP NIPSEY HUSSLE.
THANK YOU FOR MOTIVATING ME.
— DOLLAMAN (@HeirDash) April 1, 2019
Nipsey was so important to the movement, I’m so sad
— Boi-1da (@Boi1da) April 1, 2019
Man.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) March 31, 2019
RIP Nipsey Hussle, a true Los Angeles legend
— adam22 (@adam22) April 1, 2019
This man was on the grind for years, finally achieves a high level of success he was working towards, and a coward murders him in cold blood.
RIP Nipsey. Shit is really unfair. https://t.co/0S5po0bBE2
— Joel (@NobodyEpic) April 1, 2019
COME ON MAN SMH, Rip the fucking goat Nipsey bro.. If you never listened to his music I advise you play all throughout his music and get in tuned and listen to what we just loss today.
— SpaceLy – Mike (@SpaceLy) April 1, 2019
This is tragic and unthinkable news. No one was loved in this city more than Nip. RIP to one of the realest ones ever. https://t.co/QIHchbowlP
— Otto Von Biz Markie (@Passionweiss) April 1, 2019
Rest In Peace Nipsey Hussle. A prayer for his loved ones.
Shouldn’t be like this. Should never be like this.
— brandon / jinx / big jinx (@brandonjinx) April 1, 2019