He wanted the kids of his neighborhood to feel welcome where he didn’t. He instilled hope and found beauty where so many had only found despair and hopelessness, and that is itself revolutionary. He loved Los Angeles; he loved hip-hop; he loved his people; he loved us.
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Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared / I say it’s worth it, I won’t say it’s fair / Find your purpose or you wastin’ air
Nipsey rebuilt basketball courts for kids with hoop dreams and started Vector90, a STEM center and co-working space that he’d hoped would bridge the gap between Silicon Valley and the inner city, for those with other ideas. He chose a Crenshaw shopping plaza where he was harassed growing up as the site for his clothing store, Marathon. He wanted the kids of his neighborhood to feel welcome where he didn’t. He instilled hope and found beauty where so many had only found despair and hopelessness, and that is itself revolutionary. He loved Los Angeles; he loved hip-hop; he loved his people; he loved us.
On Sunday afternoon, all of his potential futures came crashing down on the corner of Slauson and Crenshaw, in the neighborhood where he was raised, when unknown assailants shot him down. He was just thirty-three.
Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared / I say it’s worth it, I won’t say it’s fair / Find your purpose or you wastin’ air
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