To: You
From: Keyona Porshaa'
Mood: Booked + Busy
Place: In front of the tube
Song: Nip ft. Roddy Rich + Hit-Boy - Racks In The Middle
Color: Blue
Subject: The Marathon Continues-----
It's been at least two weeks and the energy is still undeniable. The culture mourns the life of LA based rapper, father, business owner and activist, Ermias Ashghedom better known as 'Nipsey Hussle' The Great.
Many know the rapper from his circular interviews where he has been consistently dropping gems for the culture, I say culture because his reach extends past his home neighborhoods in the Crenshaw area and Los Angeles communities. Many more may know him by being the better half of 'New New' from ATL better known as Lauren London. The two were all teeth when they were seen together, a vibe that looked so genuine that it became goals for anyone with an idea of love.
People may look at Hussle and what he has accomplished and believe that he was just getting started but he's been hard at work. Hustle rests in power not just because of his immortalized lyrics that remind us all over and over again, of life principles and things that matter most in terms of feeding the community that birthed you with businesses and buying back the block. He taught us that business owners look like us, they have different backgrounds even if that include incomplete resumes that only the block can use. He shares his history, vulnerability in a way that eludes inspiration.
As a person that listened to the lyrics in his songs, and looked up to his relationship with the beautiful L Boogie, this one hits my spirit in the way that Biggie's death or Tupac's death probably hit my parents. The news sent shockwaves from LA, to New York, to North Carolina, to Africa and back around the world. You know, I thought for a second that this would shock the masses and die down the way that political tragedy does, the way that hashtags die out of style but, Hussle can not be denied. His values, his message, can not be denied. He lived as an anomaly that so many of us can not only relate to but yearn to see and exist with.
If you never listened to a song by Nipsey Hussle, its never too late because he was one of those visionary types, the types that dropped timeless gems.
"We break bread, we ain't new to success.
Bleed music, invest,
Enterprise, take lucrative steps.
Cold game but I knew it was chess,
As a youth in the set
Learn the game, you a student at best."
He was a beacon of possibility. May his legacy live forever. The culture certainly has a job to do: pick up the baton and continue to run the marathon.
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