Grammy-nominated US rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead: reports

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WASHINGTON, April 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle
was shot dead in the US city of Los Angeles on Sunday, US media reported.

A Los Angeles police department spokesman could not confirm the deceased
victim’s name, but told AFP that a shooting on Sunday afternoon had killed
one person and wounded two others.

The shooter is still at large, the spokesman said.

Just hours earlier, Hussle — a 33-year-old whose youth was intertwined
with Los Angeles gang culture — tweeted: “Having strong enemies is a
blessing.”

The rapper was mourned by big names in the music industry.

“Gone 2 soon,” rapper Snoop Dogg posted on Instagram. “I’m so sad right now
I’ll just reflect on the good times we had.”

Singer Rihanna also mourned Hussle’s passing, writing on Instagram: “This
doesn’t make any sense! My spirit is shaken by this!”

“I’m so sorry this happened to you,” she said.

Long part of the underground rap circuit, Hussle struggled to find fame but
began selling his own mixtapes, which hip-hop royalty Jay-Z once bought 100
of for $100 each.

He was nominated for Best Rap Album for “Victory Lap,” his first formal
album that finally dropped in February 2018 after six years of teasing, but
lost out to rap’s woman of the moment Cardi B.