Official Rap/Hip Hop Thread V

[magnumt]

Really demoralizing. My goodness.

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Killed that **** outside his own store! Fuqn cowards!!!

RIP

—Mags

[E-Balla]

At A loss of words. Sick of our culture going to **** hating each other for no reason. Wake the **** up man. Dude was tryna be positive. Then people wonder when someone make it they leave their good. Smh

I think Chris Rock said it best. There's blacks, and then there's... Really the only way to explain it. I refuse to defend this ignorance anymore. Anyways, RIP Nippsey. Sad day for Hip hop and our culture as a whole.

Imma start off saying RIP Nip, dude was one of the few artists respected by everyone, one of the few famous gang members that transcended his colors, I mean last time I saw him in any gang activity he was chilling with a bunch of blood OGs. I was just listening to Mailbox Money last morning for my wake and bake session so it's crazy this happened later that day.

That said FOH with this post. You, F N 11, everybody else speculating, don't know what the hell Nipsey did in the streets back in the day, what he could've possibly done to bring this upon him, or what work he put in 10-15 years ago when he was deep in that gang life. Blaming "the culture" or jealousy, etc is foolish. Ignorance, definitely, but what is birthed in ignorance will continue to fester in ignorance, and no matter how far removed you get from that gang life you never know when it'll catch you.

Nipsey might've been out the streets for 15 or so years, he might've been living positive for a decade, but that don't mean a thing if someone still has a bone to pick. My pops been out the streets for a long time, still left Harlem because that's how it works, you can't ever really leave that life while still staying where you lived that life, just stop and leave, or pray it doesn't catch up to you. I'm not thinking someone shot him up, his storefront up, and hit 2 others (probably accidentally), didn't steal a thing, and didn't do it for personal reasons. RIP Nipsey Hussle but dudes are gonna take the wrong message from this. The right message is that the street life ain't worth it, not that **** are crabs in a barrel.

[2010]

Nipsey deserved his own thread.

The rap game lost a real one this weekend...a true veteran in every sense of the word. The forum lost one as well. I drop this gif in honor of both.

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Only dudes who been in the trenches and have an unsaid respect for their past and present enemies (and/or beefs) will overstand that quote.

[j4remi]

RIP Nipsey Hussle, yall have said enough. Dude was a success story, but I hate this ending.

[coopnyc74]

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

[DimesandKnicks]

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

As does announcing the production of a documentary of Dr. SELBI..a holistic Doctor who claimed to have the cure to aids. He along with 50 other holistic doctors and their affiliates have been killed over the last three years. We can't check this one up to street **** just yet.

[E-Balla]

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

As does announcing the production of a documentary of Dr. SELBI..a holistic Doctor who claimed to have the cure to aids. He along with 50 other holistic doctors and their affiliates have been killed over the last three years. We can't check this one up to street **** just yet.

Please stop peddling this crap people... Dr. Sebi also says black women menstruating is unnatural. He's a hotep quack.

[DimesandKnicks]

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

As does announcing the production of a documentary of Dr. SELBI..a holistic Doctor who claimed to have the cure to aids. He along with 50 other holistic doctors and their affiliates have been killed over the last three years. We can't check this one up to street **** just yet.

Please stop peddling this crap people... Dr. Sebi also says black women menstruating is unnatural. He's a hotep quack.

Alot of people say things that I believe are invalid...that doesn't invalidate the things they have done that are. Ima keep peddling. 50 people dying mysteriously is a coincidence...but I don't believe in coincidences.

[E-Balla]

As does announcing the production of a documentary of Dr. SELBI..a holistic Doctor who claimed to have the cure to aids. He along with 50 other holistic doctors and their affiliates have been killed over the last three years. We can't check this one up to street **** just yet.

Please stop peddling this crap people... Dr. Sebi also says black women menstruating is unnatural. He's a hotep quack.

Alot of people say things that I believe are invalid...that doesn't invalidate the things they have done that are. Ima keep peddling. 50 people dying mysteriously is a coincidence...but I don't believe in coincidences.

Yeah but there's not 50 people that died mysteriously, and he's literally already been sued (and lost) for claiming he cured AIDS in blatantly not cured people, and he says mucus is the cause of all disease. It's all nonsense and you're helping to spread that bull.

[DimesandKnicks]

Please stop peddling this crap people... Dr. Sebi also says black women menstruating is unnatural. He's a hotep quack.

Alot of people say things that I believe are invalid...that doesn't invalidate the things they have done that are. Ima keep peddling. 50 people dying mysteriously is a coincidence...but I don't believe in coincidences.

Yeah but there's not 50 people that died mysteriously, and he's literally already been sued (and lost) for claiming he cured AIDS in blatantly not cured people, and he says mucus is the cause of all disease. It's all nonsense and you're helping to spread that bull.

W.e u say homes

[Papi_swav]

Damn man this one really hurt, one of the good ones and one of the last real ones that was really trying to help his people and community, he was really pushing the culture. This is horrible. Was not a big fan of his music but he was as authentic as they come. RIP to a legend, this sucks.

[Illmatic12]

This has to stop . Nipsey was the one guy who HAD to make it, he was the one we needed to inspire change.

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

It's hard to make change in the community without actually being active there . Sadly we're seeing why most of these celebs who make it leave their neighborhoods and never come back.

Nipsey was really on the ground floor in his communities trying to improve local schools, set up businesses and create economic opportunities. I hope people aren't implying that he was actively gangbanging or endorsing criminal activity because he wasn't.

The problem is that environments like Los Angeles are territorial and overrun with gang activity. I can give you an example (which happens all the time in gang-operated areas) as to what may have led to Nipsey's demise. It's entirely possible that Nip was trying to open up a new legitimate business on the block and the local gang boss was trying to extort him or force him to pay a "tax" to operate there. And maybe Nip refused and told the guy in no uncertain terms to go F himself .. before you know it, he has a price on his head and can't go back to his own neighborhood anymore.

That's the kind of BS that happens in these communities where people grow up lacking guidance. Back in the day, the locals would not have allowed someone like Nipsey to be touched in his own hood - even the guys who were involved in criminal enterprise had morals. Now it's just a free for all

[E-Balla]

This has to stop . Nipsey was the one guy who HAD to make it, he was the one we needed to inspire change.

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

It's hard to make change in the community without actually being active there . Sadly we're seeing why most of these celebs who make it leave their neighborhoods and never come back.

Nipsey was really on the ground floor in his communities trying to improve local schools, set up businesses and create economic opportunities. I hope people aren't implying that he was actively gangbanging or endorsing criminal activity because he wasn't.

The problem is that environments like Los Angeles are territorial and overrun with gang activity. I can give you an example (which happens all the time in gang-operated areas) as to what may have led to Nipsey's demise. It's entirely possible that Nip was trying to open up a new legitimate business on the block and the local gang boss was trying to extort him or force him to pay a "tax" to operate there. And maybe Nip refused and told the guy in no uncertain terms to go F himself .. before you know it, he has a price on his head and can't go back to his own neighborhood anymore.

That's the kind of BS that happens in these communities where people grow up lacking guidance. Back in the day, the locals would not have allowed someone like Nipsey to be touched in his own hood - even the guys who were involved in criminal enterprise had morals. Now it's just a free for all

No one is but not actively endorsing it still doesn't change the dirt he already did which was the point being made in the post you quoted. Dude been down since he was 14, and put in real work. No one was telling him he couldn't go back to LA or extorting him, he just did his dirt and there's probably tons of people that would have loved to get at him based on **** he did back when he was heavy in that life.

[Illmatic12]

This has to stop . Nipsey was the one guy who HAD to make it, he was the one we needed to inspire change.

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

It's hard to make change in the community without actually being active there . Sadly we're seeing why most of these celebs who make it leave their neighborhoods and never come back.

Nipsey was really on the ground floor in his communities trying to improve local schools, set up businesses and create economic opportunities. I hope people aren't implying that he was actively gangbanging or endorsing criminal activity because he wasn't.

The problem is that environments like Los Angeles are territorial and overrun with gang activity. I can give you an example (which happens all the time in gang-operated areas) as to what may have led to Nipsey's demise. It's entirely possible that Nip was trying to open up a new legitimate business on the block and the local gang boss was trying to extort him or force him to pay a "tax" to operate there. And maybe Nip refused and told the guy in no uncertain terms to go F himself .. before you know it, he has a price on his head and can't go back to his own neighborhood anymore.

That's the kind of BS that happens in these communities where people grow up lacking guidance. Back in the day, the locals would not have allowed someone like Nipsey to be touched in his own hood - even the guys who were involved in criminal enterprise had morals. Now it's just a free for all

No one is but not actively endorsing it down doesn't change the dirt he already did which was the point being made in the post you quoted. Dude been down since he was 14, and put in real work. No one was telling him he couldn't go back to LA or extorting him, he just did his dirt and there's probably tons of people that would have loved to get at him based on **** he did back when he was heavy in that life.

Agreed about his past but I don't think he had "1 foot in the street" when he was gunned down .. I think he left the street life behind and was a family man who had transitioned to a totally new lifestyle, but it's possible that old enemies still followed him.

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RIP

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[coopnyc74]

This has to stop . Nipsey was the one guy who HAD to make it, he was the one we needed to inspire change.


It's hard to make change in the community without actually being active there . Sadly we're seeing why most of these celebs who make it leave their neighborhoods and never come back.

Nipsey was really on the ground floor in his communities trying to improve local schools, set up businesses and create economic opportunities. I hope people aren't implying that he was actively gangbanging or endorsing criminal activity because he wasn't.

The problem is that environments like Los Angeles are territorial and overrun with gang activity. I can give you an example (which happens all the time in gang-operated areas) as to what may have led to Nipsey's demise. It's entirely possible that Nip was trying to open up a new legitimate business on the block and the local gang boss was trying to extort him or force him to pay a "tax" to operate there. And maybe Nip refused and told the guy in no uncertain terms to go F himself .. before you know it, he has a price on his head and can't go back to his own neighborhood anymore.

That's the kind of BS that happens in these communities where people grow up lacking guidance. Back in the day, the locals would not have allowed someone like Nipsey to be touched in his own hood - even the guys who were involved in criminal enterprise had morals. Now it's just a free for all

No one is but not actively endorsing it down doesn't change the dirt he already did which was the point being made in the post you quoted. Dude been down since he was 14, and put in real work. No one was telling him he couldn't go back to LA or extorting him, he just did his dirt and there's probably tons of people that would have loved to get at him based on **** he did back when he was heavy in that life.

Agreed about his past but I don't think he had "1 foot in the street" when he was gunned down .. I think he left the street life behind and was a family man who had transitioned to a totally new lifestyle, but it's possible that old enemies still followed him.

Let me clarify my one foot in the street comment, when you are gang affiliated or outright a member it is almost impossible to escape, I don't believe he was actively banging but "blood in blood out" is a creed for most gangs. Some never let go and won't let others go no matter what good they are doing.

[Illmatic12]

No one is but not actively endorsing it down doesn't change the dirt he already did which was the point being made in the post you quoted. Dude been down since he was 14, and put in real work. No one was telling him he couldn't go back to LA or extorting him, he just did his dirt and there's probably tons of people that would have loved to get at him based on **** he did back when he was heavy in that life.

Agreed about his past but I don't think he had "1 foot in the street" when he was gunned down .. I think he left the street life behind and was a family man who had transitioned to a totally new lifestyle, but it's possible that old enemies still followed him.

Let me clarify my one foot in the street comment, when you are gang affiliated or outright a member it is almost impossible to escape, I don't believe he was actively banging but "blood in blood out" is a creed for most gangs. Some never let go and won't let others go no matter what good they are doing.

Yeah I get you, that's the reality for sure. Nipsey got caught in the cycle from a young age and there's really no way to escape unless he moved to the Hills and never went back to his hood again (which many people do)

[E-Balla]

Agreed about his past but I don't think he had "1 foot in the street" when he was gunned down .. I think he left the street life behind and was a family man who had transitioned to a totally new lifestyle, but it's possible that old enemies still followed him.

Let me clarify my one foot in the street comment, when you are gang affiliated or outright a member it is almost impossible to escape, I don't believe he was actively banging but "blood in blood out" is a creed for most gangs. Some never let go and won't let others go no matter what good they are doing.

Yeah I get you, that's the reality for sure. Nipsey got caught in the cycle from a young age and there's really no way to escape unless he moved to the Hills and never went back to his hood again (which many people do)

Yeah. The part that really sucks is by the time he was mature enough to realize there was more to life than Crenshaw, he already did the deed.

Word now is that its someone that used to be in his crew that he cut off that did it though, so it might just be a hater after all that discussing.

[21 Hussle]

He was respected from top to bottom that’s why this is so surprising/tragic.

Still hurt about this one smh

[Greenie]

RIP Nip, he was doing a lot of big things but it is hard keep one foot in the streets and one out. A gang past and the jealousy of success usually produces a tragic outcome. Stop the nonsense.

As does announcing the production of a documentary of Dr. SELBI..a holistic Doctor who claimed to have the cure to aids. He along with 50 other holistic doctors and their affiliates have been killed over the last three years. We can't check this one up to street **** just yet.

No. People need to stop with this.

Nip’s death was clear cut. His past life caught up to him. Conspiracy theorists need to chill.