>>
>> GOT
>> GOT A
>> GOT A GREAT PANEL TO BREAK ALL THIS DOWN FOR YOU AND
INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS ARTIST.
DJ FREEZE IS 4@A POPULAR DJ AND
BRIAN JONES IS A HOST OF HIS
OWN PODCAST.4@4@4@
OWN PODCAST.4@4@4@ >>> FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, @
WHO WAS THIS YOUNG MAN?
>> NIPSEY HUSSLE WAS THE PERSON
OF THE WEST COAST.
HE WAS GANG AFFILIATED.
HE4@ HE WASN'T LIKE JAY KOHLER
KENDRICK LaMARR, HE WAS
SOMEBODY WHO DIRECTLY RELATED
TO THE STREETS AND GANG CULTURE
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. HE WAS ALSO SPITTING FACTS 4@ON
PEOPLE HOLDING UP THEIR 4@
COMMUNITY AND BUILDING UP THEIR
SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND LOVING
THEIR WIFE AND NIPSEY HUSSLE
WAS A POSTER CHILD OF WHAT A
GANGSTER COULD BE AFTER-THE-
FACT OF LIVING W4@RONG IN THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. >> KIND OF LIKE A SELF-MADE MAN@
>>4@ HE WAS DEFINITELY4@ A
BUSINESSMAN.
BUSINESSMAN. I LOVE THE FACT 4@THAT HE
PERFORMED HIMSELF FROM BEING A
GANGSTER.
GANGSTER.
GANGSTER. HE DIDN'T BECOME A GANGSTER, HE
BECAME A BUSINESSMAN.4@4@
>> WHAT ABOUT HIM AS AN
ENTREPRENEUR?>>4@ HIS MUSIC
REALLY SPEAKS TO THE GRIND.4@
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW4@ 4@WH
NEXT FOR YOU4@ AT ALL YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE THIS BURNING 4@DESIRE
YOU CHANGE THE WORLD AND HIS
MUSIC SPEAKS TO THAT PERIOD OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SUCCESS
AFTER.
AFTER.
AFTER. I
AFTER. I REMEMBER LISTENING TO THE
SOLOMON FINALS.4@
SOLOMON FINALS.4@ AND THEN TO SEE VICTORY LAP
COME OUT WHICH IDENTIFIED WITH
THAT PERIOD OF HUSTLE AND
IDENTIFY TO MAKING IT TO THE
OTHER SIDE.>>4@ WHAT ABOUT THE
WORDS, HE USED THE N WORD ALL
THE TIME, HE COMES OUT HARD ON
WOMEN.4@
WOMEN.4@
WOMEN.4@ >> I 4@THINK 4@THAT'S THE
CONNECTIVE B4@ETWEEN SOMETIMES
HAVE TO DUMB 4@IT DOWN.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE
YOU WHEN YOU ARE 14 AND 18.4@ 4@
YOU'VE GOT TO USE THESE WORDS
TO COMMUNICATE TO YOUR OWN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW WE GET A LOT OF THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> SOMETHING ABOUT HIP-HOP AND
YOU GUYS, YOU WANT TO COME HERE
AND SAY THIS IS I DON'T EXPECT
US TO CONFIRM BECAUSE YOU DO IT
EVENLY.
EVENLY.
EVENLY. >>4@ HE ALSO CHANGED, HE STARTE
OUT TALKING LIKE THAT BUT WHAT
IF YOU LOOK AT HIM NOW, HE IS
GLORIFYING HIS WIFE AND HIS
CHILDREN.4@4@
CHILDREN.4@4@ WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE
SOMETIMES4@ CULTURE DOESN'T ALL
YOU TO GROW AND CHANGE BUT HIS
LIFE AND WHAT HE 4@WAS BECOMING
REALLY SPEAKS TO EVOLUTION.
>> I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHERE DO WE PUT THIS?
WE LIKE TO PUT THINGS IN A BOX
AND DEFINE AND DESCRIBE IT. 4@
WE'VE GOT TUPAC AND BIGGIE.
WE'VE GOT OUR OTHER HEROES IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. >> I KNOW YOU MENTIO4@NED JAY
COLE.4@4@4@
COLE.4@4@4@ I THINK NIPSEY HUSSLE IS THAT
COUSIN WHO HAS THAT STREET
MENTALITY.4@4@4@
MENTALITY.4@4@4@ >> THOSE DEATHS ARE STILL
UNSOLVED NATIONALLY.4@ FOR OUR
GENERATION, ME BEING A 4@90s BA
I WASN'T ALIVE ARE CONSCIOUS
WHEN TUPAC AND BIGGIE 4@WERE
MURDERED.
MURDERED.
MURDERED. THIS IS OUR 4@FIRST TIME ACTUAL
SEEING AN ASSASSINATION OF A
HIP-HOP4@ ASSASSINATION.
HIP-HOP4@ ASSASSINATION. >> UNFORTUNATELY BLACK ARTISTS
ARE ALWAYS TAKEN FROM US.
OUR ARTISTS ARE USUALLY BEING4@
TAKEN AWAY FR4@OM US.
>>4@ DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU IN
TERMS OF MOTIVE HERE, ALL WE
KNOW IS YOUNG GUYS HE WAS
CLEARLY TARGETED, IS THIS AN
OLD UNSETTLED SCORE?
WAS THIS A ROBBERY?
>> WITH THIS BEING AN
ASSASSINATION, THREE PEOPLE
WERE INJURED IN THIS PROCESS.
THE ASSASSINATED GOT AWAY IN
THE VEHICLE.4@
THE VEHICLE.4@ >> I WOULD LIKE TO LET PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A WHOLE
CONSPIRACY BECAUSE AT THE END
OF THE DAY IT OPENS UP THEIR
MIND AND OUR KNOWLEDGE TO GO
AHEAD AND RESEARCH4@ WHAT NIPSE
HUSSLE WAS ON THE JOURNEY OF
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. THIS COULD ALSO4@.
>>4@ THAT MEETING, THOSE
ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO GO ON
AND TAKE PLACE, PROB4@ABLY WILL
BE BIGGER THAN EVER.
>> I THINK HIS4@4@ DEATH SPEAKS
BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION.
WHEN YOU COME FROM GANGS IN THE
STREET AND YOU TRY TO GET OUT,
THERE IS A PIECE OF THAT LIFE
THAT NEVER LEAVES YOU AND YOU
HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT
WHEN YOU GET IN AND WHEN YOU
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF 4@THE
CONSPIRATORS MATTER OR IF IT
MATTERS THE MOTIVE, I 4@JUST KN
THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS.>> I ONCE WROTE THAT
YOU COULD GET OUT BUT YOU CAN
NEVER GET OUT CLEAN.
>> AND THAT IS THE REALITY.>>
YOU