Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Remembering LA rapper, activist and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle
Rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday outside his South LA clothing store called The Marathon. The suspect is a 29-year-old man named Eric Holder. On Monday, several people were injured when things got heated at a memorial for Hussle.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readRapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday outside his South LA clothing store called The Marathon. The suspect is a 29-year-old man named Eric Holder. On Monday, several people were injured when things got heated at a memorial for Hussle. The rapper had invested in the neighborhood he came from, and he spoke out against gun violence, even though he was a former gang member. His death has shaken the city.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Yael Even Or
Producer, 'Press Play'
Rodney Carmichael
NPR music reporter hip-hop writer
Gerrick Kennedy
former music and pop culture writer for LA Times, author of “Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston”