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Rapper Nipsey Hussle Was More Than Just A Rapper... Used His Fame To Push Young People Towards Tech Skills And Entrepreneurship

By Nneka Olisa - April 02, 2019


"The only way you’re going to be fulfilled is if you know you gave everything you had," said Hussle, who was killed Sunday. "You emptied yourself here, you left it all here, because it’s temporary and you’ve got a moment."

Learn tech skills and push for representation in the industry. Invest in real estate — not cars. Help people from the neighborhood get ahead.

 Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed Sunday night, used his fame from his Grammy-nominated music to help advance social justice issues and entrepreneurship projects in his hometown of South Los Angeles.

 Born Ermias Davidson Asghedom, the 33-year-old was due to meet with Los Angeles Police Department Commissioner Steve Soboroff and Chief of Police Michel Moore on Monday afternoon.

 The meeting, requested by Hussle, aimed "to talk about ways he could help stop gang violence and help us help kids," Soboroff said on Twitter. "I'm so very sad."




Steve Soboroff
✔@SteveSoboroff


We (@LAPDChiefMoore and I ) were meeting , at the request of @NipseyHussle with him and @rocnation tomorrow at 4pm to talk about ways he could help stop gang violence and help us help kids. I’m so very sad.

Roc Nation
✔@RocNation
Our hearts are heavy over the loss of our brother, Nipsey Hussle. Rest In Peace. Our thoughts, love and prayers to his family and friends.

Last year, Hussle received a Grammy nomination for his debut album Victory Lap, losing the Best Rap Album award to Cardi B.

 He had timed the album's February 2018 release to coincidence with his opening Vector90, a coworking space and STEM training center — where people learn coding and other tech skills — he had launched in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles.

 "Growing up as a kid, I was looking for somebody — not to give me anything — but somebody that cared," Hussle told the LA Times in 2018 in an interview about the business. "Someone," he said, "that was creating the potential for change and that had an agenda outside of their own self-interests."
Vector90 is specifically aimed at providing space and training for kids from South Central LA to learn and connect them with Silicon Valley. Hussle said he was concerned about the low numbers of black people at major tech companies.
"The goal is to create a bridge between the inner cities and Silicon Valley," he said in an Instagram video posted on Vector90's account. "Especially it’s important to LA, because that’s an hour away. And there’s minimal representation."
Read more @ buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/rapper-nipsey-hussle-used-his-fame-to-help-push-young

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