| LC control no. | no2012012040 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.H989 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Hussle, Nipsey |
| Variant(s) | Asghedom, Ermias Hu$$le, Nipsey |
| Biography/History note | Ermias Asghedom (born August 15, 1985), better known by his stage name Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He has released several mixtapes, including three installments of his Bullets Ain't Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues and Crenshaw, the latter of which rapper Jay-Z, bought 100 copies for $100 each. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipsey_Hussle> |
| Associated country | United States Eritrea |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1985-08-15 |
| Death date | 2019-03-31 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Rap (Music) Clothing trade |
| Affiliation | Marathon Clothing |
| Profession or occupation | Rappers Composers Businesspeople |
| Found in | Record Store Day urban edition [SR] p2010: container (Nipsey Hussle, rapper) Wikipedia.com WWW site, Jan. 26, 2012 (Nipsey Hussle; real name Ermias Asghedom, from Los Angeles) Wikidata via Wikipedia, December 19, 2018 (IMDb identifier: nm2596169; country of citizenship: Eritrea; MusicBrainz artist ID: 410bbb19-8309-4a0b-9f87-3d65bde4a826; Freebase identifier: /m/05nztsk; date of birth: +1985-08-15T00:00:00Z; instance of: human; occupation: songwriter, rapper; AllMusic artist ID: mn0000616192; Discogs artist ID (P1953): 1195171; official website: http://ihussle.com/; genre: hip hop music; discography: Nipsey Hussle discography; LCAuth identifier: no2012012040; VIAF identifier: 223805192; ISNI (P213): 0000000360574455; Quora topic ID (P3417): Nipsey-Hussle; Commons category: Nipsey Hussle; Songkick artist ID (P3478): 874780; member of: Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips; Spotify artist ID: 0EeQBlQJFiAfJeVN2vT9s0; ethnic group: African Americans; place of birth: Los Angeles; Twitter username (P2002): nipseyhussle; alias: Ermias Asghedom, Ermias Asghedome, Nipsey Hu$$le; description/label: Nipsey Hussle, rapper, songwriter uit Eritrea) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2073970&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata> Washington post WWW site, viewed April 2, 2019 (Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood. He was 33. Hussle was one of three men shot March 31 [2019] outside Marathon Clothing, his store in South Los Angeles. Hussle was an Eritrean American whose real name was Ermias Asghedom. He was born in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1985, and raised in the Crenshaw neighborhood, just north of where he died) |
| Associated language | eng |
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