Nipsey Hussle is one of the most respected fallen legends of hip hop.
But in the world of gang banging, nothing is off-limits. A member of the Inglewood Family
Gangsta bloods named Baby Kapone recently vandalized a mural of the late rapper,
and not long after his homie was shot and killed while they were talking on IG
Live. There are a few rumors as to why he was hit, but many have speculated that it
may have had something to do with the mural. Let’s take a closer look at this wild story.
On July 8th, Zerail Rivera, better known on social media as Indian Red Boy
or just Indian Red was shot and killed while sitting in his car on Chadron Ave
in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Los Angeles. Police arrived at the scene around 4:10 pm and
found Red slumped in the front seat of the car, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Jeff and Susie, we're off of Chandran Avenue in the
City of Hawthorne and you can see Hawthorne PD they are wrapping up their investigation they're
still taking some photographs we watch the corner just to wheel the body way it is a male in his 20s
that was shot and killed inside this car there are a lot of bullet holes inside that windshield
we zoomed in earlier and uh saw that so they responded earlier this evening to reports of
a man who was shot, shot in the face and died at the scene so again coroners just
wrapped up their investigation. After a brief investigation of the scene, police were able to
determine that it had been a walk-up shooting and was likely gang-related. Red was a member
of the Inglewood Family Gangsta Bloods had beef with several different gangs in the city.
At the time he was killed, Red was on Live with another Inglewood Family Gangsta Blood member
named Baby Kapone. The video later leaked to the internet and has made its way around social media.
It’s too graphic to post on YouTube, but in the video, Red is smiling and laughing with his friend
one minute, and the next he’s gasping for air. Based on the number of gunshots heard in the
background, it’s been estimated that he was shot around 12 times. While still on Live,
Kapone asks him where he is and Red struggles to say the word Hawthorne, before passing away.
There are several theories floating around to explain why Indian Red was killed.
Red wasn’t always part of IFGB. Originally,
he was part of the Holly Hood Pirus from Compton but decided to switch sets
and start repping Inglewood Family. It’s not clear why he made the change, but according to rumors,
he left on bad terms and his own people and they ended up taking him out for switching sides.
Another popular theory is that his death was payback from the Rollin’ 60's
after his boy Kapone vandalized the Nipsey Hussle mural in South Central.
There are several paintings of the beloved rapper all around LA, specifically in the
area around his Marathon Clothing Store at the intersection of Slauson and Crenshaw.
A few months ago, Kapone went viral on Worldstar for scribbling all over
one of these murals with red spray paint. Kapone even went as far as
writing his name and posing in front of the mural throwing up a gang sign.
For those who don’t know, Nipsey was a member of the Rollin 60’s Crips who have been beefing
with the Inglewood Family Gangsta Bloods for over 40 years. Word on the streets is,
that about a month before this all happened, a group of Rolling ’60s went to the memorial
of an IFGB member and kicked over the candles in disrespect. So Kapone was in their hood looking
for revenge and went after one of the most beloved members of that gang, Nipsey Hussle.
This is an unconfirmed rumor but would explain why he took it to such an extreme. There is also
definitely an element of clout chasing, but when someone disses the dead, they better watch out.
But, Nipsey wasn’t just a regular gang member. He was a respected rapper and community activist
who used his platform and position to bring the gangs together and try to stop violence.
Unfortunately, he didn’t live long enough to realize his vision and was
killed by a member of his own gang, in the same area that the mural now stands.
Nipsey was murdered by Rolling 60’s member Eric Holder aka Shitty Cuz back on March 31st, 2019
Nip allegedly told Holder that he couldn’t hang around the store anymore,
because there were rumors that he had snitched. Feeling disrespected,
Holder went and got his gun then murdered Nipsey right in front of his own store.
After his death, Nipsey became an icon for all the work he had done in the community. Outside of rap,
he owned several other businesses, including his store, a talent agency called Marathon Agency,
and a co-working space and entrepreneur incubator called Vector 90.
He was also known for his community activism and used his platform to uplift his people
through different charities and business opportunities.
So, despite being a Rolling ’60s crip, Nipsey was still a figure who was loved and respected
by both Bloods and Crips across the city. Many saw the vandalism of the mural as
bigger than two rival gangs beefing. It was a declaration of war against
anyone who respected Nipsey Hussle’s memory, which includes crips and bloods all over LA.
Nipsey’s friend Cowboy quickly took to social media after the vandalism to call out Kapone
and the other Bloods for what they had done to the mural.
He said that disrespecting the dead like that
was some weirdo shit and that his own homies should beat him up and teach him a lesson.
He says: there are a lot of Inglewood Bloods that have mad love for Nip and there’s
no way they would co-sign that kinda behavior.
I know Englewood ***** ain't **** condoning this you feel me
millions of ***** in Englewood love my ***** Nip
You feel me? Alot of Englewood ***** love my ***** Nip
You feel me? so Kapone, ***** you got an issue coming
your own homies gonna beat the brakes off of you ****
You feel me? because you got homies that love him
and you gonna come over and put this baby Kapone ****
all right ***** I bet you gonna change your name today *****
I bet you that y'all need to, y'all need to beat that ***** right now before the homies mount up
and come do some dumb **** y'all ***** behind this dumb *******
You feel me?
Kapone followed up by telling Cowboy to hop off his dick and
flash a gun to show that he isn’t scared. He also laughed about the vandalism on IG Live
and said that according to his father who was an OG Blood, Cowboy was a buster back in the day.
y'all can hop off my with y'all **** with yall mad asses
Yeah, yeah, try it. My dad say he came up with blood he said he knew blood
he said, he was like I'm glad you wasn't he said I'm glad you had nothing else
I'm glad you with Kapone cause I don't want nobody calling me saying nothing
he said that the **** with the cowboy hat was a buster back in the day
everybody keep saying that **** he said blow is a buster back in the days
I knew he was yeah
So, he clearly wasn’t intimidated by all the talk online.
That’s when Indian Red joined in to back up his homie and appeared in a video with Kapone
and other members of IFGB dissing the Rollin ‘60’s They doubled down on the disrespect and showed
they were not scared of the smoke. Not long after, Indian Red would be shot and killed, leaving many
to believe that it was because he cosigned the disrespect of the Nipsey Hussle mural.
Even though he wasn’t the one who actually vandalized it, he involved himself in the
beef by appearing in the video afterward. They probably wanted to get to Kapone too,
but maybe they just got to Indian Red first, and took him out to send a message.
After Indian Red was killed,
Kapone dropped the trolling and went on social media to mourn the loss.
In a post, he wrote “I’m sick blxxd, I just watched my homie die right before my eyes”
and another saying “if any of the media pages post my homie on Live report them on IFG”.
His brother also went on social media to shed some light on the situation, claiming that Indian Red
was set up by three men and a female. He posted a slide to his IG saying “I love you brother
RIP Fly high my lil bro. That **** and them 3 **** ***** gonna get theirs. He also followed
up with a video where he calls the men who allegedly set his brother up a bunch of ****.
At this point, it seems like either story could be true. If Indian Red really switched
sides and went against his old hood, they might have set him up. Or maybe it was just
a simple payback hit for the mural tag and all the disrespect that followed.
Either way, it seems like dissing the dead, especially someone as loved as Nipsey Hussle,
is just digging your own grave. Famous troll 6ix9ine was cutting it close by
“paying respects” at the same Nipsey Hussle mural that Indian Red and Kapone vandalized.
Although 6ix9ine didn’t take it as far as they did, it still resulted in immediate backlash
and didn’t gain him the kind of attention he was after.
Some have even made the claim that the disrespect of Nipsey is what got 6ix9ine
blackballed in the industry for good, because he’d finally taken his trolling a step too far.
Whatever the motive behind Indian Red’s murder was,
hopefully, this will be a lesson to leave the dead alone.
Even if they’re opps, that kind of energy always finds a way to come back around.
Rest in peace to Indian Red, it’s a tragic situation and even worse that his friend had
to watch the whole thing happen on IG live. But when you’re living that gangster life,
you have to be on guard 24/7 or you could be caught lackin at any second.
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