Yesterday morning (Feb. 28), the intersection of Slauson Ave and Crenshaw Blvd in Los Angeles was renamed in honor of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle. And according to his former partner, actor Lauren London, he had envisoned this day long before he died. <\/p>\n
During the tribute, London, who dated Hussle from 2013 until he was murdered in 2019, shared an anecdote about the Crenshaw rapper\u2019s manifestation of what is now called Nipsey Hussle Square. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen me and Nip first started dating, we would drive by over here and he would be like, \u2018You know, Boogie, one day, they\u2019re gonna name this whole section after me.\u2019 And here we are today,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
London and Hussle have one child together, a boy named Kross, who was born in 2016. Hussle also had a daughter named Emani, and London had a son with rapper Lil Wayne named Kameron before they began dating. <\/p>\n
\nHussle\u2019s brother <\/a>Samiel \u201cBlacc Sam\u201d Asghedom<\/a>, who runs The Marathon brand, as well as Los Angeles Mayor Lauren Bass, Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, councilmember Heather Hutt, and California State Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, attended the unveiling of Nipsey Hussle Square. <\/p>\n The location of the intersection is a major part of Hussle\u2019s story and upbringing \u2014 from where he sold his first mixtapes to where he established his Marathon Clothing brick-and-mortar store in 2017. The store has now been turned into the headquarters of the Neighborhood Nip Foundation, which was established in 2019 after the rapper\u2019s death. <\/p>\n \u201cThe true story isn\u2019t written in metal, Blacc Sam told theGrio<\/a>, reflecting on the Nipsey Hussle Square dedication. \u201cIt\u2019s written in what remains here.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t