Ermias Joseph Asghedom † (August 15, 1985 - March 31, 2019 [aged 33]), better known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was an American musician, rapper, and songwriter, who performed the genres of rap and hip hop. During his career, which lasted from 2005 until his death in 2019, he released a total of one studio album, which was Victory Lap, (2018), three compilation albums, including The Leaks, Vol. 1, (2013), Nip Hussle the Great Vol. 1, (2013), and Nip Hussle the Great Vol. 2, (2013), and thirteen mixtapes, which included Slauson Boy, (2005), Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 1, (2008), Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2, (2008), Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3, (2009), The Marathon, (2010), The Marathon Continues, (2011), TMC: X-Tra Laps, (2012), Raw (with Blanco), (2012), Crenshaw, (2013), Mailbox Money, (2014), Slauson Boy 2, (2016), Famous Lies and Unpopular Truths, (2016), and No Pressure (with Bino Rideaux), (2017).
Death[]
On March 31, 2019, Hussle was shot at least 10 times in the parking lot of his store, Marathon Clothing, in South Los Angeles at 3:18 p.m. Gunshot wounds included a shot to his right chest, a shot that entered into his abdomen near his navel and severed his spinal cord, a gunshot wound to the right side of his back that penetrated into his chest and struck his lung, and a gunshot wound to "the posterior top" of his scalp. Two others were wounded in the shooting. All three victims were transported to a hospital, where Hussle was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. He was 33 years old. Rapper GBO Gaston claimed to have killed Nipsey Hussle on an Instagram post before the suspected perpetrator was arrested. Police identified then-29-year-old Eric Ronald Holder Jr. as the suspect.
Investigators believe Eric Holder, the suspect, was known to the rapper and that the shooting was possibly motivated by a personal matter. On April 2, 2019, Holder was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and was being held in solitary confinement. On May 9, a grand jury indicted Holder on one count of murder, two counts each of attempted murder and assault with a firearm, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. On February 9, 2020, Judge Robert Perry said he hoped to begin the murder trial by early April.
Hussle is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Southern California. His brother, Samiel Asghedom, was appointed the permanent administrator of Hussle's estate.